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After a nearly six-hour train journey across Germany, he arrives at a new Airbnb costing about £800 for two weeks. Sunday shop closures leave him relying on McDonald’s; he reports speaking less, avoiding conversation, and preferring touchscreens to people. He plans shopping, cooking, dumbbells, and topical videos, then England for dental and eye care by late July.

Declining channel income and travel costs prompt reconsideration of aimless travel in favor of a settled home.