I met Mairita and her future husband upon my arrival in Berlin, where I spent my wonderful Erasmus year. She was one of my flatmates and together with her boyfriend surely my preferred ones, it was always a pleasure to hang out with them, to smile with them, to talk to them on no matter which day/night hour in the small kitchen of our flat. Her helpfulness, smile and good mood were a part of the great experience of new friendships and new horizons discovered that amazing year.