Tag: 28. Mai 2025

This is my second-to-last entry before heading back to Berlin. On Tuesday, my boyfriend and I took a trip to Madrid and spent the entire day walking around — nine hours straight. We were already completely exhausted after just three, but kept pushing through.

Madrid was a beautiful city with a strong sense of history. Almost every restaurant or shop had a sign proudly showing something like “since 1940” or even older, which added a lot of charm to the city’s atmosphere.

The heat, though, made things tough. It was 31°C with clear skies the whole day, and the sun drained all our energy. We had to take breaks every 20 minutes just to sit down and cool off. Despite that, we made it through and wrapped up the day with some classic tapas and a refreshing glass of summer wine.

The following day was all about recovery!

Friday was my last day at work, and… let’s just say the farewell was a bit anti-climactic.
When I had to leave, Rafa was stuck in a meeting, so we didn’t even get to say goodbye in person.
Tobi and I had gotten a little farewell gift, but we only managed to give it to Christina and one of the other interns directly. I did write Rafa a goodbye message though. I hope he got it and knows how much I appreciated the experience!

On Sunday, we finally did something as a whole group again. We went bowling!
The place looked like a tiny American theme park. I may have broken a nail, but hey, at least I knocked down a bunch of pins, so I’ll call it a win.

It’s starting to feel real now… Our Erasmus adventure is slowly coming to an end, and while I’ll definitely miss parts of it, I also can’t wait to sleep peacefully again – goodbye, Oropax, it’s been real.