"You're not in the best of mental health when your father has just died"

How must it be when you lose a parent on the other side of the world? In Australia, since March 2020: Extremely bitter. A compounding factor are the government's COVID-related travel restrictions and the evidence that must be presented to obtain the coveted travel ban exemption. A conversation with a Bavarian migrant on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide.

Als COVID-19 noch ein Fremdwort war: Friederike Scheppach und ihr Mann Georg beim letzten Deutschlandaufenthalt vor mehr als 2 Jahren. Source: Scheppach