Half of the year you long for the summer vacations. And then? Did it work out as planned? Or is it the planning, longing and the selected memories in colorful photos making it all worth? I don´t know. But, I know that shortly I will start it all over again; to plan for my next adventure, finding new dreams. Such is life.
This year´s adventure started with the Zonta International´s 60th convention in San Antonio, Texas. I met wonderful women from all over the world, who all want to support women and advance the status of women worldwide. http://www.zonta.org/. Fantastic! Then sailing on a steamboat of jazz on the Mississippi river in New Orleans – it rocks.
But, discovering the heart of the Inca world and exploring the Amazonas’s rainforest was striking: Dirt, sweat and with 62 insect bites. But, the symphony of birds, friendly people and fantastic experiences beats it all. All the hiking and the views! Sailing on the lake Titicaca to the Islas Uros, where people live their lives on floating islands. Walking in the Andes on 4,000 meter made it hard to breath. How did people live then in the Inca heartland? The spectacular Machu Picchu in the mist-cloaked lost city of the Incas makes you wonder. Lovely lamas and alpacas, snow-covered mountains, purling streams in the valleys.
Back home arises anti-climax. Appendectomy and a feeling of emptiness. You realize that the everyday life is the best. Lazy days living in the present. Listen to the music you love, eating the food you are used to and sleeping in your very own bed. I must travel, as a vitmininjection, to see that I love the everyday life back home.
