Day 0:
Its 5 am, I haven't slept in almost 24 hours and I just tried my first matcha coconut milk latte, let's just say that's all a very terribly sickening combination.
My head is spinning from sleep deprivation and I'm nauseous because somehow my barista seems to be sleepier than me and created a rather vile cup of green, I can definitely say I do not recommend this fancy concoction, maybe it's a bad matcha or green tea should simply be left in it's more traditional form of hot water and tea, either way, my brain is failing to figure out why the night is going so slow and I am playing with the idea of if this over prices latte would taste better in an alternate dimension.
On the other hand, I have finally found a comfy enough table to rest my head on as I type away, staring glumly over the edge of the table at my phone resting on the chair below and think of my day past and my adventure to come.
It's the beginning you see, the beginning of what I have promised myself will be the start of something extraordinary, a splendid adventure of self-reflection, discovery and a promise of beautiful moments. Tomorrow, I will embark on a Eurotrip of a lifetime, no plans, a sexy partner and a one-way ticket out of London. The hinting of spring on the horizon and a backpack that is just light enough I might forget I have a back injury.
This is a journey for myself, a chance for me to reevaluate what truly matters in my life and what I would like to invite in as the key foundation that I want to put forward to create my future.
I've grown up and been influenced by so much of 'what's expected' and the pure pressure of 'what others are achieving' that I have landed up completely discombobulated, I don't know up from down and nevertheless what I truly want.
This is my chance to do as Taylor did and strip away all I have been taught and get down to the nitty-gritty raw me, build myself up and re-present myself to the world I would like to live in.
Right now I am exhausted, I am ever so slightly stressed and I somehow can't comprehend what's about to happen, but I remember thinking about it all sometime before, so here goes. Me, my bag, my best friend and the open road... for us to walk, train, bus our way along to a better and more brilliant future, free from my others lifestyle choices, their opinions and everything the world my expect of us. A polite f*ck you to those who doubt me and a hell yes to myself.
I'm hypnotized by the idea of what tomorrow holds.
Day 1:
On the 29th of February Andy and I were supposed to fly to Thailand but unfortunately with the state of Asia in these last few months we thought it safe for us and politer to take the burden of any more lives of their hands. Instead, we spontaneously booked a flight as far north as I would dare go at this time of the year and found ourselves in the snowy country of Estonia.
Well, it wasn't supposed to be snowy, but here I am and it is all crispy white, and beyond beautiful. It's as if little icey butterflies are drifting down from the sky and landing all over my face and toes, I can't explain how beyond mesmerised I am. I kept finding myself feeling like a child, hopping and jumping with my gumboots into every snow pile and every puddle, trying to catch the snowflakes in my mouth as they fell from the sky and I can successfully say I even had my first snow fight. And it was delightful!
We are planning to travel for the next 9 months or so and I can happily say I am beyond thrilled with the beginning of this adventure. It's day two and I have already stepped way beyond my comfort zone, I have seen and done new and wonderful things and my heart is racing for all that will come.
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