Amsterdam oh Amsterdam

London - Amsterdam

After our short stay in London, we hopped on the bus that took 12 hours altogether to get us to Amsterdam.  We got to Amsterdam early in the morning and went straight to our beautiful and lovely friend, Silvana who lives at the North side of Amsterdam. Silvana lives in an apartment block that has the best views of Amsterdam where you can see the sunset each evening and sunrise each morning.

We stayed for 2 weeks with Silvana and Bodi, her super smart, full of character Amercian Bulldog. The first few days, Amsterdam was covered in rain then after that the weather has been really nice and sunny. As it has now been the third time I visited Amsterdam, we didn't do much cruising around.

It has been the most relaxing time this last couple of weeks, as Silvana has made us feel so much at home and feel so comfortable. Thank you our beautiful, charismatic, and sweet Silvana for sharing your beautiful home with us.

Thanks also to my awesome mate, Manuela for the great company and delicious lunches we've been having. Good luck on your travels and I'm so so so so happy for you.

From Left to Right: Last day in London; On the bus to Amsterdam; At the park having lunch with pigeons; Amsterdam!! One of the bridges that we walked through when Manuela took us for a walk; Having a little walk with Sylvana and Bodi; Bodi, the super cute snazzy dog

From left to right: Sylvana and Bodi; Me, Syl, Mats and Bodi (love this pic); A DJ live concert we saw from Syl's balcony, the stage was awesome with fireworks and everything; Night view to city centre from the apartment; Day view to the city centre; Some random pavement art I happen to saw at the red light district.

Addendum Heather

My travel lately has been really intense and I have managed to fit in some time to write my blog yesterday but realiseed that I should've taken more time to write it as I realised that I haven't written about the most important person of my UK trip.

Heather, this blog is especially for you.

From the first day I arrived in England, through you, I was saved by your mom from getting stuck in a town I was not familiar about at all in the middle of the night.

As I finally saw you for the first time after a few years, I couldn't help my tears running down my cheek. You radiate so much energy of love that  it just made my heart melt.

You took me in as part of your family for Christmas and I experienced one of the best Christmas celebration in my life. The love your family have given me made it so perfect and it was very special.

We went to Edinburgh together and had the best and craziest time celebrating Hogmanay with our friends and people we met there and especially with our cheeky monkey, Vince. Our New Years Celebration was definitely my best New Years ever, especially when we braved ourselves and made the effort to do the Looney Dook together. It made everything become even more perfect and the best.

Bristol has been my home for times and I want to really thank you for giving me and Mats shelter and such comfortable bed and for sharing your food with us.

Heather, my beautiful sister, one of the purest soul I've ever met, a strong minded and big hearted young woman with beautiful dreams that will change the world and the most fun, loving and caring person I have come accross with. Thank you so much for being you and for being there for me. I wish I could express my love and appreciation more, but I know you feel it.

I hope I'll see you again soon. I love you so so so very much.

Kicked out of Stonehenge

Cirencester - Glastonbury - Bristol - Salisbury - London

After working with Sue on her garden at Cirencester, we decided that it's time for a break from working. So, we headed off to Glastonbury to go up to the Tor and feel the energy from one of the earth's chakra.

Glastonbury is such an interesting town. It's like a constant festival, where people can just dress how every they like. Everyone were individuals and depending how they perceive your energy, they would smile at you or try to avoid you.

We walked up to the Tor, but not to forget to stop for some water from Chalice Well, then climbed up the steps towards Tor. On the way, we met Rick O'Shea, who is a native Irishman and have travelled the world following his heart where he has been adopted by his ancesters in South America. He was a very interesting man. We continued on walking up to the Tor and heard some drummings and followed the sound.

As we got there, we saw a few people drumming and chanting, so we looked for a spot where we could meditate and Mats lead our meditation synchronized with the music playing. It was beautiful and the energy was really strong.

On the way back, we met Rick O'Shea again and talked to him for a longer time before we said goodbye.

From left to right : Mats working on the garden; The chicken house we built; Sue's beautiful garden view from our bedroom; Mats watering the garden; Glastonbury Tor; Steps to Glastonbury Tor; The viw from the Tor; White Dove in front of a house; Chalice Well; A monument in front of our hostel; The Tor; Mats on top of the wall to the Abbey

Glastonbury felt like home. My visit there was too short, but I as I followed my heart, I found the answers and things that I needed to find there. But I will definitely come back one day.

We then continued on travelling to Bristol to say goodbye to Heather, as we won't be around the area for a while now once we hit London. We had a really nice time in Bristol and luckily it was Heather's day off the next day so we stayed up almost all night.

The next day, we left for Salisbury where I have booked a place to stay which is a Midieval town house. This is probably the oldest house I've stayed in my life. It was built around the 1400s.

At Salisbury, we met Mark and his family.  Mats met Mark a few months ago on his first visit to Salisbury. Mark, Kate and Harry picked us up and we went off to Stonehenge together. Stonehenge was full of regulations where people were herded like sheep everywhere. 'You must go here, you can't go there, Walk in a line, Bla bla bla' I found it really ridiculous, especially that this world heritage belongs to everyone in this world built by our ancestors.

Anyway, as we walked closer and closer to the stones, the energy became stronger and stronger. Everyone had to walk around the stone and could not pass the line to walk to the stones. The lines were only open during winter and summer solstice, only 2 days in a year that the 'government' allows people to touch the stone.

I thought that I won't be here during the summer solstice nor the winter solstice and I had a great urge to feel the stone. I had to give some of my energy to the stone and I needed to accept some as well. So without thinking twice, I jumped over, actually, more like tripping over, the line and ran to the stone and felt it. It was one of the most overwhelming feeling I ever had, it was definitely a mix of adrenaline rush and the energy from the stone.

One of the guards then came after me and we had a chat. I expressed my feelings and thoughts and he still told me off and we had to leave the premises. That's when Mats said "Yes, the cattle must be herded" and that really shut the guard up. Becausae he knows for sure that it's true and it is ridiculous as he claims to be pagan but treats humanity as sheep.

Anyway, so, we left and went back to Mark's place where we spend the whole day chatting and playing with the kids.

I felt really proud of myself for having done what I did. I would have regreted it if I didn't touch the stone.

From left to right: The midieval town house we stayed at; Perdy the cute friendly dog from the house; Inside our room; Mats in the room; The house from the backyard; The massive church at Salisbury; Same church; same church; The oldest clock located in the church; Me touching the stone; The guard chasing after me

The next day, we headed off to London where I booked a place in Roehampton. From a luxurious classic midieval town house, came to a dodgy mangky apartment. But it turns out we were brought to Roehampton for a reason where we met a really interesting guy in the morning on our way to the city.

We went to the Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and also saw the Eye. Then I thought that would be enough touristy things for me. So we headed off to China Town to get some dinner.

Our next trip after London is Amsterdam!!!!! Yaaaaaaaay!!!!

From left to Right: Princess Diana's memorial; Big Ben; Buckingham Palace; Squirrel's everywhere; A tower alongside a river; A church; Fountain infront of the Buckingham; Crossing the river; Us under the Big Ben; An interesting church as we were cruising around the city.