that place

"This place where I am? ...yes, it is true what they say, it is amazing."

" I would have not believed so. You just can concentrate on a job that you like, on meeting new people, enjoying the moments with yourselves. Discover new foods, new traditions, walk in parts of a new city that you do not know yet."

" Yes, they are all very kind here. And if they are not, you learn to forgive them. And you smile and get smiled back a lot."

"Yes, people feel good with themselves here. They look in the mirror and kind of like what they see, who they see, even if with a couple of wrinkles."

"It is incredible how you can enjoy a stupid hour of swimming in an olympic swimming pool.
But here you just take the time for that an,d instead of thinking about how slow you are, you focus on the amazing fact that a living body is moving in this strange fluid and how such an amazing thing becomes normal at a certain point in life."

"We enjoy cooking here, yes. And eat, and drink coffee, and chat. And flirt."

"If you can apply to stay here longer?! ...well, it is not that easy... There are many factors which play a role. Mainly you and your resoruces, but also what happens around you can have a strong influence... But I strongly recommend that you try all you can in order to get here..."

...what is the place we are talking about? No, not France. It is just that place in life where you are in peace with yourself. And maybe I do not dare to say it, but a 5-letter word has often come up in my mind lately...