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Photo Essay: Fall in Germany

About two months ago, I wrote a photo essay on the transition season that was about to start. Back then, the leaves hadn't really turned yet, and change was only a faint scent in the far distance. The subtle presentiment of change filled me with fear and excitement at the same time. Today, I look out of the window and the transition season has passed. The trees have no leaves anymore, the days grow shorter and chillier, and the layers of cloths become thicker every day. The season of changes is almost over, but I'm not ready to let go. [...]

By |2013-12-31T14:13:56+01:002013/11/11|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: , , , |16 Comments

The Challenges of Starting Over

To warn you straight away, I'm a drama queen. I always feel like the things I have to live through are worse than what people with similar issues have to go through. Maybe I feel things more intense, maybe I just need a whole lot of sympathy, maybe I'm just too whiny or too egocentric. I don't know. But I do know that this last month was a tough month for me: I'm in the middle of starting over. I've been vague about what's been going on in my life, because I still haven't processed it myself. And I'm still [...]

By |2013-11-03T17:53:39+01:002013/11/03|Categories: Specials|Tags: |8 Comments

What’s Next: Travel, Life, Future

A while back I promised big news on my facebook page. And here they finally are. Well, they might not be big news to anyone else, but they are to me -- and Sateless Suitcase of course. I'm done with my Master's Degree! Last week I had to "defend" my Master's Thesis -- my very last examination! And I passed!! Yes, I'm officially done with my Master's!! Can you believe it? After studying for six years and suffering through a seemingly endless depressing thesis writing winter, it's finally over! And since German universities rarely have graduation ceremonies, let alone caps [...]

By |2013-09-28T13:28:06+02:002013/09/27|Categories: Specials|Tags: , |23 Comments

“Art history? So can you paint really well?”

When you specialize in humanities you get asked a lot of weird questions. Sometimes I have the feeling that when people ask what you're studying, they want to hear something simple, something they understand: Say "psychology" or "business administration" and people are happy. They know you'll end up having a proper job. But when you're asked for your major and answer "English literature and art history", people are confused and immediately assume: "To be a teacher, right?!". Because teacher is a proper job. You'd be providing knowledge for kids. That's a decent way to earn your money. I however did [...]

By |2013-09-25T12:18:45+02:002013/09/19|Categories: Specials|Tags: |17 Comments

One Year: A Blogiversary

I can't even believe it myself: Sateless Suitcase went live a year ago today. A platform for random travel-related musings of a clueless almost art historian -- which I basically just started, because I really love procrastination. At least, I think that was my intention at first. I still remember how I excited I was when the very first person accidently stumbled upon my blog. It overwhelmed me that someone would actually care about what I have to say. Since then, Sateless Suitcase and I have come quite a long way: Both still kind of clueless and still unsure of [...]

By |2014-02-16T15:15:12+01:002013/09/04|Categories: Specials|Tags: |22 Comments

Photo Essay: Summer in Germany

I don't really share a lot about what my life looks like when I don't travel. I currently live in-between Cologne and Frankfurt, in the official middle of nowhere -- and I don't consider my life to be really interesting right now, because it consists out of two things: Waiting for my Master's thesis evaluation coming in so that I can finally start planning my very last oral exam, and working. Yes, after "traveling up" all my savings this year I'm working full-time again. Don't worry, it's only for the summer and I'm not becoming a grown-up just yet. But I [...]

By |2013-07-30T06:04:13+02:002013/07/22|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: , , , |10 Comments

An Unwritten Story

It's a feeling I know very well. That familiar uncertainty. The enduring "What's next?". It has accompanied my life for years. And as my graduation comes closer the dreading, suppressed question gets louder every day. So, what's next, Julika? Honestly, I don't know. I really don't. The truth is: I will (presumably, hopefully) graduate in less than three months and I have no idea what's next. It's not like I haven't been there before: After graduating from high school, I didn't have a clue either. I just decided to study my favorite subjects -- English and art history. When I was through [...]

By |2014-01-05T16:15:50+01:002013/05/11|Categories: Specials|Tags: |18 Comments

The Art Historian’s Guide to Not Being A Perfect Traveler

If you've been reading my blog for a little while, you know that I easily get carried away with describing architecture, or with my enthusiasm for medieval manuscripts. I think of myself as an art historian with a desire to travel as a way to explore culture and history around the world. I claim to be a bookworm and museum-junkie. And if you had gone to school with me, you probably would have hated me for being way too competitive about grades. (During my undergrad I once even had a nervous breakdown and cried for half an hour in my [...]

Photo Essay: My German Middle of Nowhere

This is a sign of life. For you, telling you that I'm still here. For myself, telling myself that I'm still sane (more or less). And to the (Western European) world, because spring is in the air. Finally. As you might know, I'm currently writing my Master's Thesis, or dissertation, or whatever else this draining piece of academic writing to finalize my degree can be called. I choose to live in my personal writer's exile in a German middle of nowhere far off from social life, proper public transportation, and food delivery services. And this has been one of the [...]

By |2013-05-07T04:30:54+02:002013/03/04|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: , , , |15 Comments

Why Disney May Have Caused My Travel Addiction

I'm a child of the nineties. Born in the late eighties, my childhood was dominated awkward jeans, way too colorful windbreakers, Backstreet Boys, and tamagotchis. But one of the most important sources of inspiration at my young age was Disney. Although I didn't spend too much time in front of the TV (thanks parents!), those Saturdays when my dad rented one of the grand Disney movies always were a highlight. Until today, I'm the biggest Disney movie fan. I know most of the songs by heart, and my sisters and I can't even have a single conversation without integrating at [...]

By |2013-05-07T04:39:03+02:002013/02/20|Categories: Specials|Tags: |15 Comments
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