So after having found out that my life would change 360° within the next few months, my stay in Macedonia happened to be a bit different than I had initially planned. Luckily I have the best and caring friends in the world there, so I got pampered from head to toe. We went on road trips, spent most of the time eating, singing or talking and for the first time on a trip I've made, photography was pretty much not the main thing to worry about. Besides the stressful journey back via Istanbul with a few hours delay, arriving at 4am at Schönefeld, it couldn't have been a better first week of being aware, in a far away country that feels so much like home. Thank you, especially to Bojana and Ana.





















All photos: Carolin Weinkopf