Sasch blogs #3: Heartbreakers in the shelter, culinary final bosses and a look towards Italy 🗺️🥐

After hard days working at the shelter and experiencing the first great wave of Greek hospitality, our long-time Ticket To The Moon companion Sasch has now arrived in Corfu for his third week. A week that has given him deep food for thought – about his strengths, his dreams, and his insatiable hunger for the next adventure.

Here is his third, wonderfully honest report straight from the island:

"Week three… Probably the most significant week. The week in which I realized once again that it takes time to understand your new environment. To understand, for example, in the shelter, where I can be of help and where I should better stay out of it. To understand where MY strengths lie. Initially, to observe more, in order to then find the position that fulfills ME. That's why I also like to travel for extended periods, to get precisely this feeling."

But often, my impulsiveness and love of new things put me in a difficult position. On the one hand, there's an almost insatiable hunger for novelty – and on the other hand, there's the familiar, which also gives ME a fantastic feeling of security! 

Last week in Corfu was filled with magnificent sunrises and another trip to Corfu Town. It was a tremendous joy to immerse myself in this city and soak up all its wonderful charm, warmth, spirit, and of course, brilliant culinary delights. To sit there, with a flaky pastry filled with the most delicious cheese in hand, and to be able to give my full attention to the atmosphere of this city… what a magnificent gift!!

On the way back along the coastal road towards the apartment, I had to stop twice, as these spots practically begged me to lie down in the sun for a while – and of course with another FREDDO CAPPUCCINO!

Indulgence was also high on the list in week three, and yessss… Bougatsa Crema was my absolute nemesis during those three weeks. The small tavernas with their classic Greek cuisine are a delight and make me rejoice when I look back on the past culinary escapades, err, excursions!!

But back to the shelter, back to the real reason for this trip. The previously "chosen one" (on the left) quickly turned out to be a complete heartbreaker who simply wanted to cuddle with everyone – which actually fits quite well, since I myself am extremely easily bribed when it comes to affection. But the idea remains that a dog will choose ME – certainly a completely unrealistic thought for some. And yet, I want to hold on to this thought, this idea, this wish. Time, as so often in MY LIFE, will bring it about.

All in all, this experience with the animals and with the people – inside and outside the shelter – was a truly wonderful experience, with the wish for me to find even more trust in MYSELF and MY PERSON.

It was also fantastic to learn once again how it's possible to run a property or house self-sufficiently using what the surrounding environment provides. My idea of ​​buying a small house in the Italian mountains remains at the top of my wish list. And who knows what the future holds?!

I'll be traveling through Italy for a good two weeks now, because the Tuscany Trail Bikepacking Event is still on my list. It's probably the biggest in the world, with a whopping 6,000 participants! My first bikepacking event…

Corfu is behind him, Italy awaits! Will Sasch reach his limits on the Tuscany Trail and will his dream of a house in the mountains get closer? We'll find out soon in Part 4!