super late update

Hai! awkay i know how lame this post could be. i have promised you to continue my story about the europe trip i had 2 months ago. but really this 4th semester is choking me. it's like my brain is literally drained out because all the assignments are getting serious (where have i been for the first 1,5 year???) thus, so i'll make a brief end to my last post.

the third day on paris, we went to the airport early in the morning. and we bought ticket to go back to berlin on the afternoon. yap this trip is unplanned and random but that's the art of travelling, isnt it? since we only had a few hours, we decided to see eiffel tower one more time. we relax in the park, looking at the tower,ate crepes, observed the the cute children, and had the best afternoon of our life. only i wish it was less cold and windy. we caught our flight back to the airport, and i literally run because we miss the boarding time. gosh. nevertheless, next time i'm in paris i'll make sure to get inside louvre and notre dame church. au revoir france!

 we arrived in berlin late at night and we stopped by at mikhail''s friends. and the weird coincidence is, turns out two of them are my old friends from high school. such a small world. indonesian students in here are very friendly they even cooked me eggs with rice and soy sauce. nothing beats indonesian foods! later, we stroll to our motel at 1 am in the morning and i was freezing and super tired but i never lost my excitement.
the next morning, we stroll around berlin. this city is the most advanced of all. they have all the transportation so well organized. from metro, tram, bus, regular train, and fast train. i went from one station to another station. the city is so alive though it was winter, really different with poland. i went shopping at this department store named Primark at alexandre platz. everything is so cheap and tempting! i almost bought everything. i also visited the moslem prayer place for indonesian people. the place is actually an apartment room but they renovate it into a comfortable and clean place for praying. they also sell indonesian food. i'm so proud and feel like home. in the afternoon then i took a train to Kuthen. i stayed one more night in my ayu's house. before sleep, me mikhail and ayyu sat on the dining room and we had conversation about everything. i love that moment. i got so curious about their life in germany. i started asked and never get satisfied. i miss them :(

 in the morning, we hurried back to berlin. me and ayyu were dragging my 2 big suitcases to station which somewhat far. suddenly, there's a car stopped and offer us a lift. he helped us put the suitcase on the car. he is a teacher in college. he knows we are students and that's why he helped us. what a gentleman! unfortunately he couldn't speak english well. later we save my suitcase in the storage room at the station. and we had another day to stroll around in berlin. we had lunch at the famous indonesian restaurant 'Nusantara' i ate opor ayam and cendol! oh i'm beyond happy. i met ayyu and mikhail's other friends. of course we talked in indonesian and laugh so hard because no one understand but us haha. i started to feel so familiar and i notice why my friends never seemed homesick. i, my self, am in love with the city. i wish i could live there someday. later at night, we went to the famous Brandenburg gate. it was triumphant. beautiful monument. we sat in starbucks and enjoyed my last night. i didnt have a chance to visit madam taussad, so it means i gotta comeback someday haha. i slept on the house of ayyu's bestfriend whom i have just known for one day. i really feel like an adventurer! from one house to another, from one new friend to another. but really, meeting people with same nationality in another country has its own relief. my flight was the first on the next morning. mikhail and ayyu took me to the airport. i was crying on our way, blame them for making me feel so comfortable around:( thank you mikhail and ayyu. you both are the best travel mate ever. and i know i've been such a burden but you both never complain. much love <3 p="">

Then i continued my journey to Norway. So, i have an aunt whom married with Norwaygian. She has lived there for many years with her husband and two of my cousins. I flew with norweygian airlines and they have free wifi inside the plane! like how cool it was! my first time ever. Norway is much colder because it's near the north pole. it's snowing pretty thick around my aunt's house. we ate together and my aunt cooked me spicy fried rice. haha how happy i am  i hadn't ate any chilies for 7 weeks.the european really hates spicy food. geez. afterward, i made a snow lamp with my older cousin, Tanita. she is in her 3rd year of college. she is very nice and her english is excellent thanks god. she told me her experience conquered the nerve disease that made her almost can't walk. for your info, this is my first time playing with the snow because in poland the snow is to thin. happy kid i am! the next day i stroll to the mall. everything in norway is so effin expensive. i dont think i could afford anything without my aunt. i mean, it's overpriced for a tourist like me. no surprise they dont have many tourists. for example, 1 box of tea cost 80.000 rupiah and a bar of chocolate could reach 100.000 rupiah.and because my aunt's house is the suburban. so the next day me, auntie, tanita, and andreas took the bus to oslo. we ate ben and jerry's ice cream in winter! we visited the vigeland park (they have naked statues all over the garden) and the castle.  i saw a very beautiful ice skate rink in the middle of the city. norway is neat and rich. everything has a system. they have 13 years of regular school. and everyone can get a loan from the government to continue to university. the people are so pampered. but they preserved their nature. the trees and forest are so beautiful along the way. and i can't stop eating because they have the best chocolate ever!!! moreover my aunt cooked oreo cheeseke for after dinner. this entire journey has made me gain 5 kilos. gosh! before i went to sleep, my aunt gave me 50 euros to spend. what a surprise! lol. early in the morning, my uncle drove me to the airport. i spent the journey with my aunt's friend. he is by another coincidence shared the same plane with me. so exhilarated that i have another indonesian companion. He's an old man, he married with norwaygian woman and has 4 daughters.


I had a lot of experience with stranger in this adventure. in fact, this journey i spent mostly with people i've just met once or have barely seen for years. my host fam (alisja and kryztof, and matthew), my roomate alexandra, another interns (dasha, nugra, marco, rheza, rimon), the aiesecer poland (ewelyna, david, marta), the teachers in kindergraten (anya, agatha), alisja's family, the stranger that help me and alisja when our car broke down in front of the station one day. he drove us home. so nice. also the stranger lady in the train in paris who helped me fix my broken bag. and another indonesian students whom i met in praha and berlin and paris. we have just met once but we have this bond that i dont think i can make with any strangers i'd met in indonesia. this journey is wonderful because i open up to these people and to many possibilities. i dont let anything stop my curiousity and happiness does come from knowing new things. i realize the world that i lived in is only a small chunk of the entire planet. eventually, after spending 14 hours of journey (plus 6 hours transit in doha), i arrived sound and safe at soekarno hatta airport. my mom even cried when she saw me.

well, the 7 weeks journey all alone across the ocean miles away doing something i never knew i could. i have stepped poland, praha, austria, slovakia, germany, france, italy, and norweygia. i have the ups and downs. i had gone through time when i miss home so badly, when i started depressed because i couldnt understand the language people are saying, when i feel so lonely. but also i experience the time when i become bestfriend with the strangers. i feel like can count on them. i started to like and be familiar with my environment. moreover i met other indonesians and saw beautiful places. i'll never be the same Nadira. I have changed a lot eversince. even a little piece of me wish i didnt have to comeback to where i belong. ironic i know. my suggestion is if you wanna know yourself and what you want in life, go! see and travel the world. meet strangers and share your experience with them. you'll find yourself in the proccess of discovering. especially when you are staying at a motel and share a room with a few strangers. what a precious experience!

thank you aiesec, for this priceless experience. thank you mom and dad for letting me and trusting me. thank you arie priatama who encourage me before and during the process, and dear god, you know this is the best gift i could ever get.