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The strange feeling when coming out of quarantine

Sven Vandenberghe
8 min readApr 25, 2021

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Join me on a sneak peak when i was coming out of quarantine after ariving two weeks earlier in Taiwan

Getting released from quarantine after two weeks, it’s a strange feeling. Doing your own thing again, go and stand where you want. It feels like something never experienced before, strange what two weeks of lockdown in a couple of square meters does to somebody.

“Taichung 2.9 mil people”

When coming outside in the open again, the first thing i noitice is how taxing this climate is on your breathing it is mainly the humidity what causes this. But imediately you feel that all of your senses are more aware of the surroundings. Smells, noises, light, wind, humidity, temperature, everything feels more intense. The feeling created could be similar as enjoying the normal things in life, Such as interaction of people or just the avarage life moving around you.

What i notice when walking along the streets in Taichung

Life moves at a different phase here than from what we are used in Europe. People are walking slower, there is less stress although this is quite a big city.. among the busy traffic at certain areas there is still a sense of rest been created, mainly…

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Sven Vandenberghe
Sven Vandenberghe

Written by Sven Vandenberghe

The Wirting Philomath - Absorb, Read, Write, Sleep, Exercise, Thrive!

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