{"id":5786,"date":"2014-11-02T11:29:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T10:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2014-11-02T11:29:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T10:29:03","slug":"never-saw-my-hometown-until-i-stayed-away-too-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/?p=5786","title":{"rendered":"never saw my hometown until I stayed away too long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 579px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_08_ff.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_08_ff.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/thumbs\/thumbs_berlin_co-berlin_bw_08_ff.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"720\"\n             data-title=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-description=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"69445670138c49c36ca91481da80408d\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/cache\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_08_ff.jpg-nggid03720-ngg0dyn-579x386x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             title=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n              width=\"579\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One &amp; a half year of waiting. The old love left just to return one day. While the night was dark. While the night was cold. And that big ol&#8216; moon was shining like a polished dime \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 579px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_01_ff.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_01_ff.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/thumbs\/thumbs_berlin_co-berlin_bw_01_ff.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"715\"\n             data-title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-description=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"90893d4ec6d84910f80cca6b76b9a8bc\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/cache\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_01_ff.jpg-nggid03715-ngg0dyn-579x386x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n              width=\"579\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everything was set for a night full of pleasures &amp; welcome with all kinds of new friends \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 579px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_12_ff.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_12_ff.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/thumbs\/thumbs_berlin_co-berlin_bw_12_ff.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"723\"\n             data-title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-description=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"80261b2ef27cea0ebfff43723285e617\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/cache\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_12_ff.jpg-nggid03723-ngg0dyn-579x386x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n              width=\"579\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Luckily the old friends still around for cigarettes &amp; drinks, telling past &amp; future stories \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 579px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_02_ff.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_02_ff.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/thumbs\/thumbs_berlin_co-berlin_bw_02_ff.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"716\"\n             data-title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-description=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"5e0d16b03adf302fc1318e9ec093d714\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/cache\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_02_ff.jpg-nggid03716-ngg0dyn-579x386x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n              width=\"579\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All amazed &amp; bathed in that beautiful light you keep spreading &amp; the way you changed \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 579px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_03_ff.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_03_ff.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/thumbs\/thumbs_berlin_co-berlin_bw_03_ff.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"717\"\n             data-title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-description=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"b2006270d7be74632bc5a9bf3f25214f\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/cache\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_03_ff.jpg-nggid03717-ngg0dyn-579x386x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n              width=\"579\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ready to fall in love. Ready to roam the streets. Ready to light up these city nights \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 579px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_06_ff.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_06_ff.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/thumbs\/thumbs_berlin_co-berlin_bw_06_ff.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"718\"\n             data-title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-description=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"1c3f49c1ae8342abc14165fc4847930a\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/cache\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_06_ff.jpg-nggid03718-ngg0dyn-579x386x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n              width=\"579\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ready to talk things over &#8218;cause you&#8217;ve been away too long but this night now is ours \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 579px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_07_ff.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_07_ff.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/thumbs\/thumbs_berlin_co-berlin_bw_07_ff.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"719\"\n             data-title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-description=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"134f472c75f467cb26f0d84cf98d288e\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/cache\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_07_ff.jpg-nggid03719-ngg0dyn-579x386x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n              width=\"579\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&amp; it will be a night to remember filled with smiles &amp; tunes, filled with memories &amp; future \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 579px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_10_ff.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_10_ff.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/thumbs\/thumbs_berlin_co-berlin_bw_10_ff.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"722\"\n             data-title=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-description=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"5ef22ddbd36444f35a922d8d510127a7\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/cache\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_10_ff.jpg-nggid03722-ngg0dyn-579x386x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             title=\"\u00a9 Amerika Haus, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n              width=\"579\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because you &amp; I were in love with each other &amp; with the city &amp; it&#8217;s time to start anew \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 579px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_09_ff.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_09_ff.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/thumbs\/thumbs_berlin_co-berlin_bw_09_ff.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"721\"\n             data-title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             data-description=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"ba1105a5436d4b9412618e9eae91baf7\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/co_berlin\/cache\/berlin_co-berlin_bw_09_ff.jpg-nggid03721-ngg0dyn-579x386x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n             title=\"\u00a9 C\/O Berlin, Berlin, 2014, Florian Fritsch\"\n              width=\"579\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I never saw the morning &#8218;til I stayed up all night \/ I never saw the sunshine &#8218;til you turned out the light \/ I never saw my hometown until I stayed away too long \/ I never heard the melody until I needed the song (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/7hbC-_79p7I\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Waits<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Folks, after more than a year of despair the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co-berlin.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">C\/O Berlin<\/a> finally welcomed us in its new quarter. And though I already knew what I missed the last year it sometimes feels like you are realizing what you got until it&#8217;s real, real gone. Luckily times have changed \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One &amp; a half year of waiting. The old love left just to return one day. While the night was dark. While the night was cold. And that big ol&#8216; moon was shining like a polished dime \u2026 Everything was set for a night full of pleasures &amp; welcome with all kinds of new friends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,18],"tags":[1183,31,1136,785,1138,1128,1144,17,483,1139,1140,1146],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5833,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions\/5833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobokollektiv.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}