Goodbye to Europe
and the 200+ people I've called friends
Goodbye, Europe.
We’ve spent a ten years together: two solidly cohabitating (2024-2026), five on-and-off (2020-2025), and a few more flirting (2017-2019).
What an excellent long-term relationship. What a secure attachment.
Goodbye, fast trains. Goodbye, friendliest cycling routes. Goodbye Black Forest, U-bahns, cobblestone, steeples, brown bread, ubiquitous high-grade coffee, Alps, and canals.
Goodbye, peak partner dance: all those sweaty weekends in Bern, Busca, Berlin, Brussels, Toulouse, Vienna, Lyon, and Krakow, and all the lovely little local scenes that support them.
But really—goodbye to 200+ people I’ve called friends.
Nuclear families, domestic stability, and geographic monogamy aren’t my thing. I prefer to surf among one, big, chosen global family. You’re all a part of it.
I’m headed to America for a while. I’ve got people to see, roads to cycle, and deserts to wander. But I’ll be back, soon enough. How could I stay away? This is love.
❤️ Blake
The People
(in no specific order)
AUSTRIA
Andy, Eli, H, Christian, Christian, Flo, Flo, Sarah, Sarah, Marie, Lenka, Melinda, Judith, Eddie, Sofia, Alma, Nadine, Fabio, Caro, Ned, Anya, Mira, Nepo, Dana, Sandra, Sandra, Hannah, Blanka, Änna, Lucy, Kirsi
GERMANY
Jacky, Steffi, Paul, Clemens, Pablo, Piret, Jonathan, Eva, Andrea, Marco, Elena, Nine, Luke, Laura, Jules, Tonia, Lui, Luisa, Carla, Paul, Madita, Florian, Flo, Emelie, Henrik, Sandra, Pia, Veronika, Alex, Tinka, Martin, Sonia, Carolin, Susanna, Nehal, Andreas, Susi, Tabea, Tata, Anne, Cam, Maria J, Nis, Lukas, Anna, Marina, Stacey, Sina, Sarah
FRANCE
Anaïs, Celine, Jimmy, Meagan, Justine, Rolando, Ouardane, Olivier, Julie, Lou, Maxi, Ariane, David, Amélie, Marine, Amandine, Thierry, Iris, Vanessa, Carole, Axel, Lizea, Amelia, Kasia, Cécile
POLAND
Weronika, Weronika, Agata, Agnieszka, Nastya, Kasia, Joanna, Alena, Dan
CZECHIA
Blanka, Evgeniya, Míša, Zuzana
NETHERLANDS
Josine, Anouk, Anne, Nate, Jeremy, Rowena, Roos, Remy, Micha, Katz, Pieter, Naomi, Ellen, Nicky, Tjitte, Tamara, Abel, Brian
DENMARK, NORWAY, FINLAND
Liam, Fie, Rebekah, David, Anna, Biru, Iggy
BELGIUM
Tim, Emily, Lies, Arnoud, Cécile, Noémie, Laure, N, Alexi, Laurein, Xavier, Cedric, Lisa, Francesca, Katia, Freddie, Hilde, Raven, Verena
SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Fred, Alicia, Amalaia, Carole, Meg, Ivo, Marina, Fer, Elena, Jenny, Lou, Faviola, Monlam, Atenea, Ksenia
SWITZERLAND
Bea, Nathalie, Kade, Katrin, Zora, Sia, Ryan, Lea, Sinje, Tian, Tanja, Angie, Andreas, Amélie, Nicholas, Sonja, Pascal, Pascal, Mandana, Sarah, Kevin
UK
Alex, Duncan, Alec, Claire, Alain, Frankie, Genna, Malcolm, Nick, Jess, Dan, Nirjala, Charlie, Tina, Martin, Annelore, Michael, Siân, Ceri, Jeremy
ITALY
Giulia, Tommi, Flouer, Chiara, Chiara, Marco
(Those I’ve neglected to mention—forgive me!)