Wednesday, March 06, 2019
My Birthday in Temara, Morocco (#41)
24 years old.
It was my birthday this past weekend, and naturally, I went
to visit my love in Morocco. It was our first time spending my birthday
together and although we are both not huge on celebrations (especially of our
own birthdays), it was a really magical weekend. I feel like as each year
passes, life just gets better. And it’s a most magical, whimsical and
enlightening feeling to feel that I’m lucky enough to live my life, the gift that
it is.
Monday, February 25, 2019
A Day in Brighton & The Power of Sunshine
We spent a day in Brighton over this weekend in one of the
warmest winter weeks London has seen in a long time! With the sun showing off
its rays, we hopped on a train from London to Brighton… aka the happiest place
in the UK we have seen so far. Brighton is such a cheesy, classic & perfect
beach-town with the timeless fish & chip stores, ice cream vendors & the
arcade on the pier where a game is seldom more than 50p per play.
It’s really crazy how much we focus on consumerism,
meetings, coffee & our phones in London where travelling just a couple of
hours south will bring you to the happiest contrast – people sitting on the
beach, yes perhaps with some substances but sans technology. Just happy to be
in the presence of each other, and the sunshine. It came at the perfect time –
reminding me of the beauty of life, of who I am, of why I’m here & of what’s
important to me. I have tried for years to fall in love with winter, but the
beauty of summer makes me feel so whole that anything else just feels like a
waste of time. It sounds so silly, but I feel like I have a true connection
with nature in summer that can’t be forced, forged or faked – the truest love
that ever bloomed. I truly love you, Sun.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
My Bucket List
- Get married
- Start a road construction business in Timor
- Open and run a business
- Speak five languages conversationally
- Own five houses
- Le Lac de Saint Croix, France
- Deux Magots / Café Flore, Paris, France
- Azores, Portugal
- Bergen, Norway
- Krka Waterfalls, Croatia
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Rainbow Mountain, Peru
- Sunrise at Cappadocia, Turkey
- Snorkelling at Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
- Great Ocean Road, Melbourne
- Rio Carnivale, Brazil
- Songkran, Thailand
- Elephant Sanctuary, Thailand
- Festival of Lights, Thailand
- Palawan / Coron, Philippines
- Taj Mahal, India
- Paradise Valley, Agadir, Morocco
- Lost City, Jordan
- Pyramids, Egypt
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Auswitchz, Poland
- Lion’s Head, Cape Town
- Blue Lagoon, Iceland
- Joshua Tree, California
- Portland, Oregon
- Nozawa Onsen, Japan (Fire festival)
- Visit Bora Bora / Maldives / Tahiti
- Spend New Year’s in New Zealand
- Glow-Worm Cave, New Zealand
- Visit the Dead Sea
- See the Northern Lights
- Live in Bali for one month
- Live in LA for three months
- Live / travel Hawaii for three months
- Go skydiving
- Ride in a helicopter
- Stay in an igloo
- See the Northern Lights
Partake in Ramadan- Take a vow of silence
Go on a road-trip in a foreign country- Go on a safari
- Go to an Olympic game
- Go paragliding
- Drive a Tesla
- Drive a Vespa
- Ride a motorcycle
- Sleep in a treehouse
- Sleep under the stars in a remote location
- Fly first class or in a private jet
- Sleep on the beach
- Go to a Halloween party
- Do a humanitarian trip
- Go on a hot air balloon
- Have a self-sufficient family farm
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