TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Monday, August 11, 2008

7:45 PM
Posted by jodi rose

Had my visa meeting at the auslander behorde today, hilarious as always, talking conceptual sound art and existential angst with the German immigration official. Confirmed what I already suspected, that it won't be so easy this time, I was blessed with a loophole before, but don't think I can stay another year.

So, maybe the beginning of the end of my euro-fling, in this incarnation at least. It's ok, feels like time to move on.

Where to though, I have no idea. Well, maybe one or two, extremely amorphous, who knows what form they will take.

Feel like my soul still hasn't caught up from Singapore - not sure if the hungry ghosts ate it, but any rituals anyone can advise for calling the soul back would be great. I'm still a zombie, I really need it back, and think the soul pirates off Singapore might have tried to snatch it as I flew past..... hardly connecting with Berlin at all.

Just hanging in there till the danube cruise, then who the f**k knows what. Still have to scrape together money for a ticket home, although having invitations to go hang out in Delhi and make that the sound art capital of Australia, which is tempting, I tell you. Via Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo... Amazing how much I miss the colour, movement, noise, heat, people - only think it's culture shock 'in reverse' in terms of coming back to somewhere that you know well, and finding it so unfamiliar and strange. Enough of the gypsy buskers already!!!