EnglishI can’t wait for quarantine to be over. While the food has been better here at the campus hotel (though only 2 meals a day), the internet is basically non-existent. I have to depend on my phone data, which limits my internet access, and that was the way the weeks of quarantine have been manageable. I’m not the only colleague arriving back on campus these days. And together we’re counting the days until we can get back to freedom. Strangely, this hotel room feels very familiar. Years ago, I lived in this very building for five years. Just one apartment further down the hall. So the views out of the window are extremely familiar. Like: coming home at last? DeutschIch kann’s kaum erwarten bis die Quarantäne vorbei ist. Während das Essen hier auf dem Campus besser war (wenngleich nur zwei Mahlzeiten am Tag serviert werden), ist das Internet quasi nicht existent. Ich muss mich auf meine Handy Daten verlassen, und damit ist mein Internetzugang sehr eingeschränkt. Und es war das Internet, das mir sehr geholfen …

EnglishI’ve made the big switch. After two weeks of quarantine in my port of entry, and a very VIP experience on my domestic flight, I’m finally back on campus, though not yet free to go. Now I’m stuck in the hotel on campus. And that for another full week. And I can’t say whether I like the food deal here more or back in the other hotel. In the other hotel, it was three meals a day, and mostly meats. Now, we only have two meals a day (it’s the winter break on campus, and that’s what they do here for the foreign faculty in the winter), though the meals are definitely more to my taste. At least, I was able to have some of my colleagues drop off some food that I can have in between the meals. So, I’m mostly set there. DeutschIch habe den großen Umzug hinter mir. Nach zwei Wochen Quarantäne am Ankunftsort, und einer angenehmen zweiten Reise mit voller VIP Behandlung, bin ich auf dem Campus zurück. Aber immer noch …

EnglishI’ve arrived! I made the big jump across the continents and traveling in covid times is quite the experience. Now I’ve already finished most of my first week in quarantine and it’s going better than I thought. Stuck in a hotel room that I’m not allowed to leave, I keep myself busy watching Youtube, and maintaining some kind of a routine. Though with the lack of structure I find it really hard to get over the jet lag these days. Still, finding a routine is obviously made easier by the fact that several times a day someone stops by to check our temperature, or do tests, and then of course, I’m always happy when the knock on the door announces meal times. Meals have been a bit of a challenge, though. I’m not a big meat eater, yet half of the food consists of different kinds of meat dishes. And I’m a salad and veggies kind of girl. So, I do the best I can with what I’m given, and I’m glad that I had …