Anyone else here just homesick?

[eurobabs 644]

 

Everybody goes through it!

NOT true. Ther are many of us who never get homesick. Sure, we maybe miss people back home here and there, but homesick - NEVER!!!

[torr 0]

Im not homesick but do miss 24 hour supermarkets that sells everything!!

 

I think Germany is a better place than England nobody seems to want to rip you off!!

[fRe4k 158]

Me too! Nostalgia is pulling me. Wanna go back home.

[dazednconfused 0]

Not quite the same distance to cover - but even I get homesick!

No matter where you go and how far from home, friends and family it is, it just will never be the same. I even miss supermarkets open till 10pm, kiosks at every corner (grab a beer, forgotten essentials such as milk, coffee etc...on a sunday) and decent kepab shops after a late night of boozing!

I reckon everyone away from home sometimes feels like that. And Cologne is great! (e.g. all the above I dearly miss, summer time is awesome, the bars and cafes, close to Holland i.e. therefore the sea...)

[BattalionBoy 17]

My home is where the three Ps are. Paycheck, Pussy and Paulana. In that order of importance. I would get very sick if they were not with me.

[moctoj2 542]

I'm so homesick, it's affecting my health, sanity and marriage and not so much in that order. The closer our return is, the worse it gets. It's not that I hate Germany, just the situation and what it's put us through. Selfish, probably. Real, painful and the only way to end the pain is to return.

[DanHessen 2,964]

Desperately homesick for at least ten years. I don't buy all this "make anyplace your home" stuff. It may work for someone else, but not for me. I'm sick of this country.

[Rilana 484]

When I moved to Germany the first time round, I was homesick alot...then I moved back home thinking it would fix the homesickness and found that the feeling I had wasn't as much homesickness as it was missing a certain phase of my life...everytime I was feeling homesick, I had this wonderful vision of fun times I'd had in London in my head and how great it was, it was like all the good nights out and fun days etc. were compressed into one and it felt like it had been that way ALL the time (rather than once a month, which was the reality)...it didn't fix the problem at all, because that phase was over and those friends were mostly acquaintances who I couldn't click with anymore...so I became homesick for Germany and so here I am again...but this time I realise that there are always things I'm going to miss, regardless of where I am - because that's what happens to you when you have lived in more than one country...or even city as they can sometimes be worlds apart too...

[Northernlass 0]

Hello Elaine,

 

I have just read your mail and as I have only just found the Toytown website I wanted to ask how are things now?? Feeling any more settled? I too feel homesick and have been here in Bonn for over a year. I think isolation is the worst part for me but having found Toytown I am hoping that I will be able to make contact with some good people. I am keen to meet other people to share experiences and enjoy life here. We are all in the same boat and can help each other:))

 

Enjoy the beautiful weather today.

 

Bridie

[JessyMess 2]

Hey Elaine,

Hang in there. I've had countless moments where I searched online for plane tix back home and started packing my stuff. I too miss the normal everyday stuff, I just wanna sit in my mom's kitchen and have a coffee. The longer I'm here though, the more this becomes home, my friends and support network here become family. Reach out to people around you and join clubs/churches whatever you can!! Now I get homesick when I go back to the states. And don't forget, wherever you go, there you are. Changing locations won't change your internal disposition. Maybe this is a good opportunity to try something completely different in a new environment? Just try to make the best of it, and don't give up hope.

Jess

[helpus 0]

being homesick is a state of mind, i have not experienced...for ive never given in to it. i think...its the best way to get by it.

[Alittlegreen 10]

I was ok until I spent 3 weeks in the hospital and was treated like S**t. Screamed at in Germany all the time by people who told me in perfect English that they spoke English but "Your in Germany and I don't get paid extra to speak English". Since I was discharged all I have wanted to do is go home.

[sparty 21]

I agree with Alittlegreen. I don't get homesick though, but it annoys me when some things are going the way that the Germans do, which is mostly so much easier in my own country. Other than that, I am never homesick,

[Alittlegreen 10]

well if I were at home I would have gone to rehabilitation and been back at work by now. As it is, I am at home, still unable to function on my own and still fighting with the insurance company.

[ChrisCologne 1]

I can honestly say that I have never felt homesick here in Germany. Maybe it is just me, but I find that learning German helps a lot... working here also helps...

[Carm 74]

I speak german and work here in German, and still get homesick.

[nowandlainers 154]

 

I can honestly say that I have never felt homesick here in Germany. Maybe it is just me, but I find that learning German helps a lot... working here also helps...

Well Taking german check

and have a Job check ( that actually seems to make it worse I think LOL)

still get homesick check

LOL

[ChrisCologne 1]

Elaine - that's because you don't come to visit me in my shop enough. Here nobody has to feel homesick:-)

[nowandlainers 154]

Actually this is true I have been headed your way( more so since I know you have a book waiting for me) but alas.. I always get side tracked! I will be in before the week is out!

I have a new list of books I need!

[Alittlegreen 10]

Well I have not been able to learn German much which is probably part of the problem. So I am stuck. Since I have been sick I have not been able to go out. Now I have missed the start of German in schools like Volkschule (sp?) so I am screwed for another 3 months. One agency in the area teaches German classes and German integration but you must know German to attend...does that make sense?