Growing up with dogs

Losing Bifi made me reminisce a lot about the pets in my life. First and foremost, Bifi is still on my mind a lot, and it still feels unreal that she’s not here anymore. I often still find myself yearning to pet her little head, missing that bond we shared. I want to hold on to those memories for as long as I can, because eventually they will fade. She was not the first pet I lost. I grew up with many, many animals that have been gone for a long time, and my memories of them seem so far […]

10 years of attending SPIEL, the biggest board game fair in the world

I have the privilege of living not too far from the biggest annual board game fair in the world – SPIEL in Essen, Germany, which happens every October from Thursday to Sunday, and which has been around since 1983. As a board gamer, this is obviously a dream come true! I’ve been a casual board gamer for about 20 years, and a very serious board gamer for about 10-12 years. During my study abroad semester in Australia in 2013, I started to attend a weekly board game club, and once I was back home in Germany, I tried to find […]