The internship


Leila was happy. The chance to do an internship and that in times of Corona was like winning the lottery. It was not just a normal hospital, but a medium sized, idyllically located private hospital. Leila was able to support for 6 weeks, she was the handyman. She was very much looking forward to the work and the world of the private hospital.

She really needed the money, because all the books she will need for the next semester of her studies cost a lot.

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Chiara’s birth


645845_web_R_by_www.helenesouza.com_pixelio.deLola had wished for her child very much. The pregnancy went without any difficulties, apart from the occasional heart arrhythmia. Lola lived like she had done so far, she only completly quitted drinking alcohol and smoking.Read More »

Evelyne and Joselyn


417218_web_R_by_Jean-Pierre Brandenburger_pixelio.deOne evening when I was walking home along the beach I passed a little bar. It was not true that the bar was directly at the beach, rather slightly off the beach under the palm trees, about 100 metres away from the shore. The music they played there was good and to be heard from the distance – actually it was the real reason why I went there for the first time. At the bar Joselyn was sitting alone. We starting talking, how it just happens in a bar. Read More »

Bloody Saturday night in Istanbul


Whenever my grown-up children travel abroad alone, I have an unpleasant feeling. I compensate my fear with repeated good advice to which my children probably don’t even listen any more.

My younger daughter went over the weekend to Istanbul to visit a friend. When I picked her up from the airport on Sunday, she seemed tired and paler than usually. I asked whether she had a good time and she nodded, I asked whether she had seen the Galata Tower and monosyllabically she said no. Read More »