I have recently returned from a semester abroad in Geneva, Switzerland, I lived there for about five months and during my time there I never really felt like writing about my experience, it felt unnecessary, I don't know why. However, during a trip I made to Barcelona my cellphone got stolen living me without all the thousands of pictures I had taken. I still had all the photographs from my camera, but the photos I took from my cellphone seemed more spontaneous, full of random moments with my friends or photos I took from random things I saw on the street that inspired me. And all of a sudden a had nothing. (No, I never made a backup of everything I had on my phone, if you were wondering and I had no idea what the iCloud was for, or how helpful it could be.)
Nevertheless, returning back home and realizing that most of my memories are still fresh and that I still smile every time I remember random moments from my semester abroad, inspired me to write again, in order keep the memories fresh and to share the little things that made me happy during those five months. All the things I cherish art, films, food, places and people.
Recién regresé de mi semestre de intercambio en Ginebra, Suiza. Estuve viviendo ahí durante cinco meses y durante mi estancia ahí nunca sentí la necesidad de escribir acerca de mis experiencias. Sin embargo, días previos de mi regreso a México fui a Barcelona, donde me robaron mi celular. Fue así que me dejaron sin ninguna de las miles de fotografías que tomé durante el semestre. Aunque todavía conservo las fotografías que tomé con mi cámara, las fotos que tenía en mi celular eran para mi todos los recuerdos espontáneos que iba acumulando durante el semestre. I de repente ya no tenía ninguno. (Nunca se me ocurrió la brillante idea de hacer un backup de la información en mi celular, por si se lo estaban preguntando).
No obstante, al regresar a México me di cuenta que mis recuerdos todavía seguían frescos y que acordarme de los momentos que viví en Ginebra me hacía muy feliz. Esto me inspiró a escribir para mantener con vida esos recuerdos.
Photo: Astrid Salazar/Monica L.
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