Monday 26 March 2012

Dream traveller: Here's my wish

It's Monday and I'm reading the Sunday newspapers. Actually, just the stuff in the middle. I'm a little in love with the supplements/magazines. I'll probably finish reading them on Wednesday. I might re-read them on Thursday - just the really good bits.

Right now it's the travel section that's piqued my interest.

I'm dreaming of Africa. The landscape and a safari. I'm wondering if I'll ever go. Probably not. Africa isn't top of my list, but I desperately want to keep her in my dreams.

I'm dreaming of Bali, rice paddy fields and yoga. I want the yoga-at-a-destination-unknown part to be my reality. Sooner than later.

Then comes Peru. I can see the sights of Machu Picchu in my imagination. And I want to be there. It's my favourite dream. I pray it doesn't stay that way.


But mainly, I'm dreaming of holidays gone by. Doing it all again, but much slower. Without a strict agenda. Moving in time with my heart.

This time I want to explore the maze-like pathways of Venice looking out at the murky mysterious water. And not worry about getting lost.

I want to shop in Milan without constantly thinking about the exchange rate. Just for a day. 


Take me here: Lipari's St Bartholomew Cathedral
{pic by me}

I want to take my time as I pray with my eyes open in Lipari's St Bartholomew Cathedral.

I want to sunbake on the black sand beach of Stromboli and not care to brush the sand off my body when I get up.


I want to meditate on the rocks of Alicudi. I want my Nonna to come with me.

I want to lie on the grass in Hyde Park and not get up 'til the night calls. 

And when I next climb the Eiffel Tower and look out at the picturesque city below, I want to make a wish.

More than one. A wish for me. A wish for each of my girls.

A wish for all of us - that we all get to explore the world with time on our side, and at the pace of our heart.


Elisa xx


Where do you dream of travelling to?

 

6 comments:

  1. Ah, to dream...
    I'd love to travel somewhere like Croatia or the Greek Isles. Bliss!

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  2. I'll join you on Stromboli, that island makes my heart sing...

    Love genna

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  3. *Sigh* - me too, Elisa! Unfortunately, our mortgage has other plans :)

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  4. I'd go for the Greek islands also! Luckily i'm off to Barcelona for a work trip in May (still can't believe my luck!) stopping in the US on the way but it will be a whirlwind two weeks so I definitely appreciate the thought of not having to worry about time or exchange rates!!

    ps I totally get what you mean about the supplementary/magazine parts of the paper. They are by-far my favourite and what I go to first!

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  5. @My Mummy daze - They're on my list too!
    @Genna - that would be a dream come true xx
    @Sally - Know the feeling! Let's keep dreaming though! :)
    @Jess Frost - Enjoy your work trip - that sounds amazing! Yay to another middle-parts-of-the-paper lover! I read them first too!

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  6. I do that too with the Sunday paper. It utterly annoys my partner, dividing each section then taking what I like.

    I dream of South America too. I always am mistaken for being a Mexican or Brazilian so I might as well start there.

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