Tag: travel

Lasst sie nach Berlin kommen

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Do you ever get that feeling when everything just feels… wrong? You can’t put your finger on it, but you know this can’t be the way things are supposed to be, so you may as well just give up right now? Why even try and make things right?

I haven’t always known this, but recently I’ve come to recognise this as my anxiety speaking. It transforms my happy go lucky outlook on life to one of resigned bleakness. I’m so happy to be able to call it by its name. To be able to look at it, almost objectively, and push it out the door. Phew! Continue reading →

Yesterday I got lost in a bookshop

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Moving to a new city is an adventure. As someone who loves to be enchanted by the everyday, I couldn’t be happier discovering the weird and wonderful that every place has (whether the locals recognise it or not).

The hardest part of moving to a new city, is that is left behind. The love, support and kindness that protects you everyday feels just that bit weaker when your friends and family are hundreds of miles away. Continue reading →

Visiting Tirta Empul

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Indonesia has such a fascinating religious history, something I wanted to explore whist I was out there. Bali, The Island of the Gods, has been inhabited since 2000 BC. It is the only predominantly Hindu island in Indonesia, the others being primarily Muslim. Hindu symbolism is evident throughout the island, and is very much at the centre of every day life.

Canang sari is one of the daily offerings made by Balinese Hindus to thank the Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa in praise and prayer. Every home, every business, every place of worship puts of sari multiple times a day. They are little woven grass baskets, filled with flowers, petals and incense. Continue reading →