Tübingen, how foreign you felt at first, how quietly you insisted on being yourself. I arrived expecting a
reflection of my home, something familiar, but instead Tübingen gave me classrooms
shaped in strange ways, voices that spoke in rhythms I did not yet understand. And
yet—precisely because they were unfamiliar—they taught me more. Each seminar, each
lecture, each walk into a different format of learning loosened something inside me, widened
my thinking, showed me that knowledge does not reside in one structure, but in the cracks
between them.
During my stay in Tübingen, I attended classes that were unlike anything I could find in
Mexico. They varied in themes and structures—seminars, lectures, workshops, and even
informal discussions. Experiencing these different formats widened my horizons and opened
my epistemological perspective, teaching me that knowledge can take many forms and grow
Slowly you unwrapped yourself. The library, the methods, the atmosphere, and the
openness of the classes showed me that there are many ways of learning, and each can be
transformative. The university’s facilities also played their part spread across buildings like
the Brechtbau and the Neue Aula—became places not only for study but for quiet reflection
and shared exploration. The campus scattered across hills and streets forced me into the
city, as if saying: walk, and you will learn. And I did.
And then the city itself. Tübingen, with your crooked timber houses leaning toward the
Neckar, your students drifting like boats between cafés and libraries, your rhythm so slow it
nearly unsettled me. Tübingen revealed itself slowly. Eventually I understood: this slower
pace can become a refuge, a place for those who wish to build a gentle and pleasant home,
even if only for a short time. At first it felt like resistance, as though you were withholding
yourself. The slowness is not refusal, it is invitation. Whoever accepts it, whoever learns to
bend with it, finds in you not a city, but a refuge.
In the end, my experience in Tübingen became a constellation of discoveries: new classes,
new formats, a university that taught me through both its methods and its spaces, and a city
that welcomes with open arms those who take the time to listen to it.
