COVID-19 & all started about a year ago… and so did the travel restrictions. And the wanderlust is still here. Our minds are busy thinking of traveling. And that lust increases with the hour. Are you also ready for a real vacation?
Hubbies trick: wearing cool T-Shirts (and I can see them).
What else helps? Memories!
Cooking Thai style chicken wings and remembering our Thai cooking class and how we enjoyed eating them sitting on a floor in a house in Bangkok.
7am & home office: smelling fresh ground Italian coffee… and thinking of our coffee Plantage tour in Bali. And Costa Rica.
Blue sky = memories of riding motorcycles in the beautiful West of the USA. Oh, how much we miss living in the US, Charlies home country.
Snow = memories of skiing in Colorado. Hubbies first experience snowboarding. The powder snow a dream for every skier. A Christmas microwaved dinner in the hotel room included.
Happy Chinese New Year! Remembering all those trips in Asia (escaping crazy China at that crazy time of year). Oh, how much I would love to be in Cambodia again. Or on a business trip to China: meet colleagues & friends & customers. Eating favorite Chinese dishes accompanied by friends & colleagues. A foot massage. A pedicure. A back massage. Fabric market. Oh gosh, I would need 3 suitcases. At least (that’s without hubbies shopping list).
Thinking of the most delicious fresh sashimi in Japan. Plus soy sauce, wasabi and a cold beer. Sitting at the sushi bar watching the chefs preparing our dinner – fantastic memories. Well, instead we have it at home for lunch (imagine we are in Tokyo).
Dreaming of going back to the vineyards around Verona. Wine tasting while eating the most delicious Italian dishes. Blue sky. Smelling summer. Leaving with stomachs filled with best food & wine. Heavy red wine.
On the wish list, too. Maybe even kind of realistic: going back to the south of France. Maybe by motorbikes. Sunshine and plus 12C degrees in the forecast. I’d take it. A bit of baguette, cheese and wine. Ohhhhhhh. Heaven. How wonderful would that be. Well, a lavender bath will do instead. But hopes are up.
We had Sahara dust on Saturday. It’s like a sign: if we cannot travel, the Sahara comes to us. lol.
Pulled pork (US style). Lots of memories of BBQ tours through the south of the US and practicing ourselves in the garden. Just like last weekend.
We may not be able to travel, but… I discovered amazing French cheeses at our local market & lucky us we got plenty of bottles of delicious Italian red wine (from Verona).
And soon (fingers crossed) we will enjoy a beer in a pub again.
I miss planning trips. I love the preparation the most: reading about it, getting ready for leaving. Pure bliss. Meeting wonderful people along the way. Discovering stunning nature. Feeling relieved on a motorbike in the middle of nowhere with just a bag and that feeling when you notice: that’s really all you need. That’s the feeling of freedom. Escaping daily life & routines. Oh, I miss it. We miss it. Cannot wait to go…
But for now…
Stuttgart547 