Rein checking in -
"It's been ages since we last blogged... In the meantime we've had the visit of our dear friend, Françoise, went on a holiday with her to Kerala, "God's own Country" as the Keralites like to call their state and had a really good time.
Now we're back at home in Bangalore, where there's been rain, rain, rain every day for the last week or so. The locals insist, this cannot be the beginning of the monsoon yet, as it is not due to arrive until another month or two, but S. and I cannot be fooled. Climate change appears to be effecting this part of the globe too, and of course it would. Every morning we wake up to a cloudy sky, we get some sun between mid morning to about 3 afternoon and then the rain clouds come drifting in again. This morning we read in the papers there have been 8 rain related deaths in Bangalore over the last five days alone...
Yesterday we came home from a nice day trip in the country side surrounding the city with our friend and housemate, Yann, and got caught in a tropical downpour on the way back into the city. Roads were blocked, spontaneous cascades were forming along alleys in the city and finally our driver managed to navigate us safely through knee-deep water back home. I cannot remember ever seeing so much water on the streets ever...
It appears that the change of seasons here is also effecting our moods. Simon keeps wondering the sense of swapping cloudy Brussels for rainy Bangalore and I too have been questioning our purpose for being here.
We are now considering our next step and are both keen to move on with our sabbatical.
As I have been writing this, on our terrace, I was joined by our new housemate, Floy, from Paris. She's been here several times before, working on a movie project about the local hijra (or transgender) community. We started chatting and she invited me to join her to yoga class tomorrow afternoon. She suggests that tapping into the more spiritual flow which is all around us here in India, will help in living more in the here-and-now and also to redefine the purpose of our sabbatical. I think it is a good idea and that it will help us to decide on our next step. Here's hoping for new energy..."
- Rein checking out
PS here are some pics from the last two weeks, just to keep our loyal followers happy ;-)
"It's been ages since we last blogged... In the meantime we've had the visit of our dear friend, Françoise, went on a holiday with her to Kerala, "God's own Country" as the Keralites like to call their state and had a really good time.
Now we're back at home in Bangalore, where there's been rain, rain, rain every day for the last week or so. The locals insist, this cannot be the beginning of the monsoon yet, as it is not due to arrive until another month or two, but S. and I cannot be fooled. Climate change appears to be effecting this part of the globe too, and of course it would. Every morning we wake up to a cloudy sky, we get some sun between mid morning to about 3 afternoon and then the rain clouds come drifting in again. This morning we read in the papers there have been 8 rain related deaths in Bangalore over the last five days alone...
Yesterday we came home from a nice day trip in the country side surrounding the city with our friend and housemate, Yann, and got caught in a tropical downpour on the way back into the city. Roads were blocked, spontaneous cascades were forming along alleys in the city and finally our driver managed to navigate us safely through knee-deep water back home. I cannot remember ever seeing so much water on the streets ever...
It appears that the change of seasons here is also effecting our moods. Simon keeps wondering the sense of swapping cloudy Brussels for rainy Bangalore and I too have been questioning our purpose for being here.
We are now considering our next step and are both keen to move on with our sabbatical.
As I have been writing this, on our terrace, I was joined by our new housemate, Floy, from Paris. She's been here several times before, working on a movie project about the local hijra (or transgender) community. We started chatting and she invited me to join her to yoga class tomorrow afternoon. She suggests that tapping into the more spiritual flow which is all around us here in India, will help in living more in the here-and-now and also to redefine the purpose of our sabbatical. I think it is a good idea and that it will help us to decide on our next step. Here's hoping for new energy..."
- Rein checking out
PS here are some pics from the last two weeks, just to keep our loyal followers happy ;-)
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| Showing Françoise around on our bike! |
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| Having fun on our house boat trip in Kerala |
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| Taking the local bus in Bangalore |
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| On the beach in Varkala, with resident visitor, Maura, from Amsterdam |
A " dip " belongs to life, to balance its highlights ( Goa,Fort Cochin, ... ).
ReplyDeleteRefreshed by the rain, cleared in your brain (yoga class! ), you will be able to possitively decide on the next step of your sabbitical.
Good luck!
Love, Papa + Mama
Thank you for your encouraging words, papa. A big kiss to you both :-)
ReplyDeleteHello Simon. One time, when I was traveling down the beaches of Mexico I had the opportunity to meet a very nice lady named Maura, We become friends and had some adventures. I lost track of her, many years ago and today I decided to search her on google and this pic of her came across. So I was wondering if you can give me her email address so I can write her and say hello. Thank you very much, I hope you red this post. Very nice blog, by the way.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Adrian and I'm Jonathan's friend, from Mazunte. If you tell her this, she'll know.