Alone in my flat, for the first time in a long time, no bathroom and everything is a total chaos. CDs are scattered everywhere from my selection session yesterday. REM, Feist, Norah Jones…but Ben Harper is still missing! I can´t possibly travel without him?
I just spent a lovely evening with Caroline, at Kenington Tandoori, to get a taste of the culinary delights that lie ahead of me. All my plans of returning to the UK skinny and toned went out of the window. How delicious!
Yesterday a very nice lady from the Orange service centre, which is based in New Delhi (surprisingly enough) wished me a very happy holiday in India. “Be our guest”, she said. And as much as I hate Orange, that was actually very nice. By the way, I arranged for my phone to be set up for international roaming, so I can receive texts for free – wink wink, nudge nudge!
In addition, I had an e-mail from a Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Kerala today, accepting me as a guest for a week in December. The e-mail started like this “Blessed Bianca, thank you very much for your enquiry”. And I thought, writing “Dear friends at the Dhanwantari Ashram” was over the top … This is the place, by the way: http://www.sivananda.org/neyyardam/
It was recommended by Lucy Edge, who wrote the brilliant book “Yoga School Dropout” about her travels in India and inspired me to go myself. (Because who wants to spend endless time in the Waterstones travel section without ever actually going anywhere? Not me, anyway…) For those who are getting jealous now, I signed up for the following daily routine:
0520 hrs WAKE UP BELL
0600 hrs SATSANG
0730 hrs TEA TIME
0800 hrs ASANA CLASS
1000 hrs BRUNCH
1100 hrs KARMA YOGA
1230 hrs COACHING CLASS (optional)
1330 hrs TEA TIME
1400 hrs LECTURE
1600 hrs ASANA CLASS
1800 hrs DINNER
2000 hrs SATSANG
2200 hrs LIGHTS OUT
And no, Satsang doesn´t mean breakfast.
I can´t believe I´m actually going on Monday. Time is a strange thing. And all change feels a bit frightening in the beginning. But as Sarah said today, it´s worth just enjoying every minute…
blessed bianca,
sounds awesome. we’re so jealous
lookin forward to read more soon!
hugs from the freezing ruhrpott…
Yay! I rate a mention in your post! Have a wonderful time, darling
am going to miss you! xxx
Hallo liebe Bibi!
Ich wünsche Dir eine wunderschöne Zeit in Indien! Pass’ auf Dich auf! Ich freue mich schon auf die ersten Reiseberichte! Wie spannend!!!
Liebe Grüße aus der weihnachtlichen Heimat!
Busserl
Steffi
Good luck and take care! Hope to read a bit more soon!
Hey Frau Buhl,
dass klingt ja alles ganz toll! Wünsche dir noch eine wunderschöne Zeit und ich hoffe wir sehen uns mal wieder, wenn du wieder da bist.
Ganz liebe Grüße!
Nele