All happiness lies in nature, in solitude and vastness. The vastness – it calms me. Here I find a piece of it again: tranquility and peace. One within me, the other a part from outside. Here the sky is gray most of the time, but not my inner state, which is a blessing.

From the city to the countryside and back, then again from the city to the countryside. That is currently our routine. So now we are back in the countryside, in a small village. When I look out the window, I see rooftops and behind them the forest. It's the same when I look out of every window: rooftops, then forest.

The forest is my place of longing. As soon as I'm not outside for a day, I feel how my mood changes. And my old bones become stiff if they don't stay in motion. The forest – the medicine for that, not only for the body, even more for the mind and most of all for the soul.

When I then set foot on the street and the paths that lead me into the forest, I usually feel immediately the liberating effect that lies in movement in fresh air. Every season has its special qualities. Autumn brings moisture that makes the air particularly special in the forest.

This is a place where I can imagine staying. And that's what we intend to do. We want to end this year here. We break the rhythm of four weeks in which we travel on and stay. Stay to arrive, at least for a while. For three months or more.

Three months feel like a very long time. A time in which more is possible. A time of insight and outside perspective. And already the questions are there: Where am I here? What do I see? What experiences do I have? What does this do to me? What effect does it have on me?

We will see what time brings me. I look forward to it.