Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

liberation day

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5th of May 2020

A day to celebrate freedom.

Liberation Day is celebrated every year on the 5th of May. It’s a day to realize how lucky we are to live in a country where people live in freedom.

Today 75 years ago our country was liberated and we have lived in freedom ever since.

More than ever, we appreciate the freedom we are used to.

No festivals and no parties this year, we made a bike ride through our city and had a lovely picnic at the riverside. We enjoyed a sunny afternoon in the garden and had dinner at Pippa's who cooked a delicious meal for us tonight.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

how i miss the freedom to travel

marrakech april 2018

How I miss the freedom to travel.

After staying at home for weeks now, I barely know what day it is anymore.

Besides going to my work in the market at Villa Augustus and visiting my children, days are filled with doing things in and around the house.
We feel blessed to have a garden since the quarantine started, and can spend our spare time outside during the most lovely sunny spring weather April brought us.

Yesterday we would have returned home from a week's holiday at the coast in northern Morocco. We took it lightly when we had to cancel this trip, because hey, worse things can happen...

I think a lot about traveling these days and how obvious it seemed to plan and book a trip.
All we can do now is 'daydreaming' about trips from the past, last year and trips ahead.

But here we are with at least another #stayhome month to go, so i thought i’d share this happy memory that popped up in my Instagram memories yesterday, bursting of happiness and freedom.

Dear all, stay positive and trust that everything will be okay.

photo: Marrakech - April 2018 - In the middle of the medina with a bouquet of flowers from the local market.

Friday, December 6, 2013

it always seems impossible until it's done

it always seems impossible until it's done - nelson mandela

[It always seems impossible until it's done - Nelson Mandela]