The weeks following the signing of my contract passed at lightning speed. First I had to put everything in order at the hotel to prepare for my departure, which was no small task. I then had to plan my move. Fortunately, I had no furniture, only clothes, a few books, a laptop. The inventory of my meagre possessions gave me the blues. Who can start a new life on the other side of the world with only two suitcases and a trunk for everything? People who aren’t attached to material goods? That wasn’t the case with me. Career-oriented and unattached businesspeople. This suited me more, and I was sad. Did I have so few ties?
The weather was like my mood, the temperatures were still mild, but the sky was grey. The trees were now completely stripped of their leaves, and the northwesterly wind had
