My plan was to stay the full month of August in Nijmegen. Unfortunately my AirBnB host cancelled my stay and I had to come up with Plan B. One of my good friends asked me if I would want to watch their house and cats, while they are on vacation. Sure thing! Another good friend had a similar scenario, so for the majority of August I’m playing around with cats and chasing away burglars. I always enjoy my time in Nijmegen. It's familiar, feels good to be there, most of my friends live there, and it feels like home. Seneca wrote two thousand years ago: Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends. I’ve been pondering over that quote for some time, wondering what effect my constant travel has on relationships. Then I realised that I’m not looking for new best friends for life. I feel blessed to say "I already have them". And so I want to spend as much quality time with them as I c