The Feeling of slowly coming Home

Ship: Regina Maris
Date: 7th of February 2024
Position: Caribbean Sea
Geographical Position: 21°03.413’N 084°43.462’W
Etmal: 144 nm
Total: 7,559 nm

Since Costa Rica, we have been on our way back to Amsterdam, where we’ll see our parents again after six months and return to our “real life.” That means having our own rooms, restarting our hobbies, seeing our friends and family, going back to normal school life and having peace and personal time again.

But it’s not as positive as it seems because here, we are having the “time of our lives.” And even though we still have more than two months left, we find ourselves thinking about the end more and more…

Two more months and three more stops, but it feels like we’ll be back home in just one day. The feeling is so strange and scary – I don’t even know how to process it. I don’t even remember what it’s like to live at home anymore. All the silence, being alone even for a second, not having friends around all the time…

It’s going to be so hard to return to our old lives and I don’t think you can imagine it…

… wanting to throw food out of the window because the sea has become our garbage bin
… showering for more than five minutes without feeling guilty – and showering every day, whenever we want
… not standing in line for second portions and making our own food
… eating whenever we want and whatever we want
… having our phones again
… going to bed without saying “Good Night” to at least ten people
… holding a glass made of actual glass without being afraid of the waves knocking it over
… cooking without worrying about spilling anything
… thinking about which direction to sleep in because of the heeling
… charging our iPads whenever we want, without needing a power bank
… opening our windows whenever we want, without worrying about rain soaking our beds

I could name more and more of these examples. Overall, it’s a mix of positive, negative and frightening feelings.

Thinking about sailing into the harbor of Amsterdam now makes me feel a little sad because I don’t want to loose all of this. But we all have to go our separate ways – maybe one day, we’ll live together again. For now, we have to live in the moment and enjoy every single day to the fullest!

Anmerkungen:

Jana: Hi Leute, ich wollte mich unbedingt für die herzlichen Geburtstagskarten und das kleine Geschenk bedanken ❤️. Besonders gefreut habe ich mich über die Briefe von Klara und Mia 😊. Ich hatte hier einen super Geburtstag mit meinen Homies. Es gab sogar Schokokuchen 🙂 Hab‘ euch alle lieb und freue mich, euch in Bermuda zu hören ❤️