Disclaimer: The following text is full of generalizations and does not apply to each and every German. Go to whatever country on earth and ask about peoples’ opinions about Germans. Aside from the old nazi stuff, what you will most likely hear is that Germans are great engineers and hard workers. That certainly is true, Germans are crazy about work. Work is the most important thing in life and way too many people identify themselves through their job.

More than a year abroad and I didn’t miss Germany as a country once. Family, friends, cheap food, cheap beer, cheap everything, yes, but the feeling of living in the country, no. Thus it didn’t surprise me that being back feels ok but nothing more. Spending a little more time in other parts of the world is hence ok in that regard. Every now and then I’m asked how all that travelling is affecting my future, namely getting a job and later a pension.