I had brighter horizons today. Alex and I had planned an afternoon activity to the nearby Classic Remise, a place where fancy and historic cars are stored by the rich and famous. That gave me the morning to rest and the afternoon to play. Sabrina and Alex left the bedroom to me and set up…

Poor Alex had a bad night, with Sabrina and I in perfectly synchronised raspy breathing and an uncomfortable bed, he’d retreated to the living room couch in the early hours of the morning for some reprieve. I woke up to find my virus had returned, thankfully only in the form of diarrhoea, not vomiting, but…

The alarms went off and there were logistical matters to discuss since Sabrina had decided to come with us to Berlin, instead of staying home in Cologne to study. Long story short, it meant we had to go to Cologne on our way to pick up my passport which had been delivered from the US…

While Sabrina and I were feeling better, Alex was hitting rock bottom. After talking to his friends in Dortmund that we were going to visit, we called it off, since his friend was also sick. Better to stay separate and not cross-contaminate. So, we were faced with another day inside. After many hours of Netflix…

All three of us were house-ridden today. I was entertained by Christmas messages from the other side of the world, wishing me a happy and white Christmas, but the closest we were going to get to that was grey. I now understand what a Netflix marathon is, for that’s pretty much how we entertained ourselves…