Saturday, June 15, 2019
Roadtrip to Chefchaouen (#47)
To celebrate my moving to Morocco, the summertime and Soufiane's first holiday since he started his new job, he planned a roadtrip to Chefchaouen.
After many naps and many slaps across the face every time I fell asleep (thank you, Soufiane), we arrived in Chefchaouen 4 hours later. When we first arrived, I woke up sleepy from a nap and Soufiane said to me, jokingly "You are always talking about Chefchaouen! Well now you're here, what do you think?!" And I said "It looks better on Instagram" as a joke, but it kind of became the theme of the trip. As with most tourist destinations, it's much 'prettier' in photos but it still was a beautiful city. Albeit, probably not much more to do than to take photos as it is, just another city.
We spent the first night wondering around the city, eating tajine and taking photos... like the one below...
Our next day, however, was fun-filled thanks to Soufiane's plan. He had booked it in that we would do a hike in a place called Akchour - a waterfall mania! After hours of hiking, and me embarrassingly screaming and complaining at the scariness of it all (I also had a weird tension headache/vertigo thing going on that really affected my balance, and therefore confidence!) we finally made it to a peaceful and absolutely freezing waterfall that we decided to call home.
The next day, we visited Oued Laou which Soufiane had heard to have beautiful blue and clear oceans. As it was a bit of a colder day, it was virtually empty! So we set up camp - Loubna set up the tent, and Soufiane and Yahya set up the blow-up boat. After a couple of hours of napping, we realised it was probably too cold to go back into the water, so Soufiane and Yahya decided to bring out the fishing gear!
It was a really beautiful time in Chefchaouen, with lots of laughter and just being present. It was so refreshing to live in the moment and take photos like we used to, before filters and Instagram. It's refreshing to feel alive and present and with the people you love, for no other reason rather than that you love them.
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.
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