May 2026 was a month full of changes, encounters, and both small and big adventures. It began with my journey back from Hamburg and my everyday life in the Tiny House, with work, walks, Bible study groups, language exchanges, and many hours at my MacBook. In the middle of the month, several things changed: my mini-job ended, health issues occupied my thoughts, and at the same time a new professional opportunity opened up with my new work at Studienkreis. Toward the end of the month, things became truly adventurous: together with Olaf, I set off for France in my car, where we travelled between springs, waterfalls, lakes, hikes, and overnight spots in nature.

The text diary in six languages

The detailed text diary is available in six languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Russian.

All six language versions are placed side by side in one document in six columns. The individual sentences are numbered, which makes the texts especially useful for language learning. For example, if you do not understand a German sentence, you can immediately look up the same sentence number in English, French, Spanish, Italian, or Russian.

This means that the diary can be read not only as a personal travel and everyday-life journal, but also used as material for relaxed bilingual or multilingual learning.

The photo diary

In addition to the text diary, there is a separate photo diary. It contains the photos from the respective month without any additional text. The pictures are arranged chronologically by the date on which they were taken, so that the whole month can be experienced again through images.

The photo diaries are available to VIP subscribers around two months earlier. This means that VIP subscribers can already access the June 2026 photo diary. The August and September editions are not available yet.

For everyone else, the photo diaries will later also be available individually in the shop.

1 day – 1 sentence

1 May: After my time in Hamburg, I travelled back to Bavaria by bus, underground, and ICE, worked during the journey, and arrived home exhausted.

2 May: After breakfast and cleaning, I went on a roughly 20-kilometre walk along the Lech and later finished my video about rejoining the Catholic Church.

3 May: After the service at the FEG, I spent the day with conversations in the beer garden, work on my MacBook, a thunderstorm, and my language exchange with Elena.

4 May: Between cleaning, the pharmacy, shopping, and working on my MacBook, the Bible study group in Schongau was a particularly beautiful and inspiring end to the day.

5 May: After my usual morning with breakfast, cleaning, and work, I reflected intensively on forgiveness at the Bible study group in Rott.

6 May: After my trial lesson for a new job, I met Olaf and experienced a severe thunderstorm with sleet and hail during our walk.

7 May: It was a quiet day that mainly consisted of breakfast, cleaning, working, and watching films at home.

8 May: After my language exchange with Olga and some cleaning, I enjoyed a lovely walk from the reservoir to Rewe and then worked at home.

9 May: With the women’s group from the FEG, I walked the GE(h)ZEITEN trail in Nesselwang and turned the many impressions into several blog articles.

10 May: On Mother’s Day, I met Lukas and my dad in Munich and enjoyed a wonderful little holiday experience between a beach café, the Hofgarten, and the English Garden.

11 May: After breakfast, cleaning, and my language exchange, I worked on my MacBook and later did two livestreams, including a shared coworking session.

12 May: After Conny had to end my mini-job for financial reasons, I was occupied by worries about money, exhaustion, and questions about my professional and health situation.

13 May: After a doctor’s appointment with a blood test, I met Olaf in Weilheim, walked along the Ammer with him, and later went to Bible Plus.

14 May: I spent Ascension Day with a church service, a walk along the Lech with Andrea and Roni, as well as work, films, and a language exchange.

15 May: After my language exchange with Olga, I went on a roughly 20-kilometre walk and later decided to connect the coworking livestreams more closely with channel membership.

16 May: After a restless night and an otherwise quiet day, I realised in the evening that I had accidentally booked a hotel in Bad Griesbach instead of Bad Birnbach for my upcoming trip.

17 May: After an adventurous train journey, I met Sascha, visited the thermal baths in Bad Griesbach with him, and ended the day with pizza, a walk, and two livestreams.

18 May: A complicated journey home with missed connections and major delays at least brought the good news that my training is recognised for working as an everyday companion.

19 May: After receiving my blood test results and some health recommendations, I had my job interview at Studienkreis in Landsberg and immediately signed a contract as a tutor.

20 May: Between a language exchange, work, and two livestreams, the Bible study group with Pastor Ben was a particularly moving end to the day.

21 May: After a webinar for Studienkreis, Andrea visited me in my Tiny House for the first time before I later attended a May devotion in Epfach.

22 May: After working on videos and blog articles, I walked around Lake Staffelsee with Olaf and once again had many conversations with him.

23 May: A productive coworking session, an outing via Blutenburg Palace to the Botanical Garden, and more work on my Genesis articles shaped this Saturday.

24 May: After an inspiring church service, I spent the rest of the day with several livestreams, work on the text and photo diary, and planning for June.

25 May: On Whit Monday, I could not attend church because of my language exchange and spent the rest of the day mainly working, watching films, and doing a livestream.

26 May: After my first tutoring lesson at Studienkreis, I picked up Olaf in Buchloe and we set off together on our road trip to France.

27 May: After a somewhat restless night, we discovered a spring with a waterfall, I went bathing outdoors for the first time on the trip, and we later found a wonderfully quiet overnight spot.

28 May: After an ice-cold bath at a spring, a long hike led us through an impressive gorge to a mountain stream, limestone terraces, caves, and a beautiful waterfall.

29 May: After shopping and working on the road, we swam in Lac de Vouglans and later chose a secluded spot under a viaduct as our place for the night.

30 May: Several waterfalls, a challenging hike, discussions, and finally our shared effort to let each other be who we are made this a particularly intense day.

31 May: After a very difficult night in the car, I felt exhausted and unwell all day until we finally found a quiet place by the river where I could rest.

Text diary and photo diary together

For every edition, there is also the option in the shop to get the text diary and photo diary as a bundle. This way, the detailed stories from the month can be connected directly with the corresponding pictures.

There are also annual editions that allow you to follow an entire year of my diary in one collection. Over time, this creates not only a personal travel diary, but also an increasingly extensive multilingual learning resource.

And soon there will be another way to explore it: The Dreamy Tiny House Diary will gradually also become available in the app. 😊

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