my literal partner for this life experience. my roommate. my home and my family. my dear friend. I have never really managed to tell you how much this whole experience means to me and how much it means to me that I got to do this with you. hopefully when writing I can express every single emotion I feel a little bit better! just for all the others: when julia and I arrived in odense and started living together we knew each other but were not very close. we obviously went through the same thing (being in a new country, where everything is new) which in the beginning I think was not easy for both of us. also I think I'm allowed to say this that living together, seeing each other everyday and having the exact same schedule in uni posed challenges for both of us. challenges we were willing to overcome, even though it was not always easy. however through this whole time we knew we were in the same situation and I personally believe we were put there to help grow each other and learn. and that's what we did. I am so grateful for all the conversations we shared about our mental health, our relationship, talking about situations that did not go well but also talking about life and literally everything else. looking back I know how much I grew as a person, but I can also see how much you did. and I am really really proud of ourselves for doing so. I am thankful that I got to grow so much because of you. I learnt sooo many new things.

you inspired me to cook more often and try different things. cooking with you was ACTUALLY fun. you showed me different approaches on life and that being spontaneous is actually quite fun. you showed me so much love with bringing me tea, cooking dinner for me, taking over the parts I hate cleaning, and many more things I honestly don't even deserve. you were the reason why our flat felt like home. you were my home. and living with you was always always a great pleasure!! I loved coming into your room and just start a conversation or cuddle up next to you in your bed. I loved how you fell asleep every. single. time. when we tried to watch a movie. I love how you always needed your sweet treat after a meal and that it made you the happiest girl in the world. I love how we have the same social battery and would almost never get tired of each other. it often were the small things that made me feel so safe and comfortable. knowing that you would always be in the room next to me and whenever I would need someone to talk to or just a hug or someone to lift my mood I had you there, this made me feel so secure. I just really loved living with you!! and I already miss it! I could have never imagined that when leaving odense the one thing I can take home with me is this genuine and loving friendship. I am so so so grateful for how our relationship evolved and that I got to experience this with you. you were my hardest goodbye and I'm beyond happy that while I'm writing this I got you back already!

when deciding on doing this bachelor degree it was clear that we will have to do long-distance. you always truly supported me in this decision and it was always clear that we will just make it work. when it was time to leave you came along and you were there for me when taking this challenging step. I am so grateful that you got on that plane with me, so I didn‘t have to do it all by myself. the first week in Denmark you did everything(!!!) for me because it was mentally so exhausting for me to do the smallest things, even though for you it was far from easy!! you literally (and that sounds sooo cheesy) were my rock, I don‘t know how I would have done it without you. even though it was emotionally so hard for you as well you always stayed strong for me, which was never my expectation but helped me a lot! after you left for the first time we did not know how often exactly we will we able to see each other. but you took so much time off of work to come and see me which made it possible for us to meet up every month.

you always gave me the time and space to fully live in the moment and showed empathy when I could not be 100% present with you. it was never easy for me to balance my two lifes but you made it so much less complicated and I will never take for granted that you did this for me! you gave me more mental support than I could have ever asked for. you were always there and you listened, no matter what. I could talk about 100 more things you did that made me feel so appreciated. but all I really want to say is thank you. thank you for going on this journey with me and thank you for showing me that everything is possible if you really love someone. thank you for always believing in us and loving me at times I could not love myself. I am so proud of how far we have come and the way we have grown individually as well as a couple. I am beyond grateful that you chose to do this with me and I will forever be. I could have never done it with anyone else but you.

thank you for helping me make this possible. it would have been way harder doing this all by myself and I want to thank you for making it so easy for me. I know you had to work way harder than I will ever have to, to be where you are now and make this possible for me. that is why it means even more to me and I appreciate it so so much! I think in switzerland so many people (maybe also just in my bubble) are able to go study abroad or just spend a year of their life abroad, that it is often forgotten how special it is to do something like that and how priviledged we are to experience something like this. I do not take it for granted that I get to do this, without my parents this would not be possible!