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title: Go West
date: 2026-05-17 14:00
author: T. F.
tags: journey, goodbye
tags: journey, goodbye, heidelberg
slug: go-west
era: 1996
location: 49.40901367679297, 8.671027857791819
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It was time to board the bus. I was scared and excited at the same time. I gave my mother, father, and <span class="sky">█████</span> each a long hug, then stepped onto the express shuttle that would take me from <span class="yellow">██████████</span> to Frankfurt Airport. I don't really remember why we decided that taking the bus was a better idea than all of us driving to the airport for a longer goodbye, but at the time it seemed fine. I could hardly believe what lay ahead of me: a ten-month stay as an exchange student in a suburb of <span class="red">██████</span>, Texas, USA.
It was time to board the bus. I was scared and excited at the same time. I gave my mother, father, and <span class="sky">█████</span> each a long hug, then stepped onto the express shuttle that would take me from Heidelberg to Frankfurt Airport. I don't really remember why we decided that taking the bus was a better idea than all of us driving to the airport for a longer goodbye, but at the time it seemed fine. I could hardly believe what lay ahead of me: a ten-month stay as an exchange student in a suburb of <span class="red">██████</span>, Texas, USA.
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I took a seat at the very back of the coach and looked out through the rear window. My family stood on the sidewalk, waving, and I waved back as the bus pulled away. I kept watching them until they disappeared from sight. Then I turned around, settled into my seat, and gazed at the urban landscape sliding past as we made our way toward the Autobahn.
That was the moment I took off the glasses I had worn for my lazy eye since kindergarten, for what would turn out to be the last time. I never needed them again. It was only about a week later that I realized my chronic cough, too, had mysteriously subsided. It felt as though, somewhere between <span class="yellow">██████████</span> and Frankfurt, an old version of me had been left behind. It was time for a new me. A new era.
That was the moment I took off the glasses I had worn for my lazy eye since kindergarten, for what would turn out to be the last time. I never needed them again. It was only about a week later that I realized my chronic cough, too, had mysteriously subsided. It felt as though, somewhere between Heidelberg and Frankfurt, an old version of me had been left behind. It was time for a new me. A new era.