Second chapter: Norway (first week)
What am I doing here anyway?
Following a strong inner drive, I decided last summer to give up my rented house with garden and chickens in the countryside and embark on a new journey. After 6 years in the countryside north of Berlin, an important change is about to happen. I've known for a long time that I wasn't sure where I'd like to live and had hoped it would become clear on its own so I could finally act on it. But that never happened. That's why I made the decision to find out on the road. I have been to Sweden many times, always my first choice, so why not Norway? There you can also see whales! So then to Norway. And then I would finally have the time to paint really intense, inspired by the landscape. So the plan. But it was still too cold, so I went to Portugal with my sister for the winter. Shortly before New Year's Day, we set off.
Every day I ask myself: What am I doing here anyway? Not because it feels wrong to be here, on the contrary, it feels very truthful. But rather, according to what should I make my decisions? Where am I drawn to, what do I think I need to see and experience while I'm here? Can I also miss something? I feel so far a constant restlessness to travel further and have worry I could never stop long enough to arrive at least briefly times. At the same time I have no appointments and the only thing I would really miss is to "be here".
I wanted so much to paint these landscapes, but for that I have to stay a little longer in one place, I take it firmly for the next few days.
If you're interested in my trip, you can get more day-to-day insights on Instagram in the stories and highlights!
There I spent 5 months, two longer than planned (car repair and thanks to life). After three weeks in Germany, I set off again with Freja. In four days (one night in Denmark, 2 nights in Sweden) we had arrived in Norway. After driving for a few hours through more densely populated areas, we suddenly arrived on a beautiful plateau with gorgeous round mountains to the left and right, shining yellow green in the sunshine. We enjoyed this start in Norway very much, although I also knew that the weather predicted continuous rain from the very next day. Since then we always drive further north, where the weather is even better, fall asleep in the sun and wake up in the rain. I discard the route planned the day before every morning, so I also postpone the glaciers, the fjords in the southwest and the land routes of southern Norway until the return trip. For me it is still much too crowded on the roads in the south ( it is high season) and there are not enough stops (for me) to admire the beautiful landscapes. I'm stressed that there are always cars behind or in front of me and I can't hold on to what I'm seeing to look at it in peace or to take it in to really experience these moments. At some point I started to take photos from the car, but the camera unfortunately can not capture the size of the mountains as I perceived them.
I am writing all this in a beautiful place, a fjord in the middle of Norway, where I am looking for porpoises. It is very peaceful here and I want to try to arrive here for a while, who says I couldn't stay here for a whole week? Nobody but myself.
Things I have already learned:
01. There is no point in making plans.
02. The weather changes a place a lot.
