Indian memories February 22, 2009

Dear friends,
it has been a long time since my last entry and I was asking myself  whether it still makes any sense to write in my travel blog, now that I´ve been back in London for over three weeks.  But then I decided that it is definitely worth it, if only to explain the reason [...]

Picture time! January 17, 2009

Just a quick note to say that I uploaded heaps of pictures from my time in the Ashram (including exotic Christmas) and my wonderful Kerala round trip with my sister, which is coming to an end tomorrow…Enjoy!
Ashram life and fellow yogis:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69222&l=e239d&id=710021486
Kerala round trip:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=72274&l=013a7&id=710021486

A ticket to Mumbai … January 12, 2009

Dear friends,
I hope that none of you will be too concerned by the title of this entry. To be honest, I had a bit of a funny feeling in my stomach when I booked the ticket myself, but I just have to go and see Mumbai, the soul of India. Let me explain it through [...]

Back in the real world – Ashram tales January 4, 2009

It has been a while since my last blog entry but I am still here, healthy and in one piece! I have not really learnt how to walk on my fingertips in the Ashram, but found out some interesting things about life and myself nevertheless:
 

Sugar makes you hungry

After a week of eating green vegetables, tomatoes [...]

Tomorrow, the Ashram life starts! December 14, 2008

Hello everyone,
this is possibly the last time that I acces the internet this year – how exciting! As you know, I will spend some time in an Ashram, starting tomorrow, and of course there is no mobile phone, no television, no hi-fi, no onion, no garlic and no internet
Anyway, I am really excited, [...]

The Ganesh likes playing with the laptop… December 10, 2008

Namaste! First of all, thank you for all your lovely comments   For the first time, I feel like someone is actually reading what I write, which is  nice!
It is my second week in India and I am slowly easing myself into the chaos. This means that I do a lot of deep breathing, [...]

How I became a Bollywood actress December 4, 2008

Namaste!
It is true… The plane from Bahrain actually took me all the way to India and now I’m here, in the middle of this crazy and beautiful country. India is a challenge to begin with, of course, but I am very proud of all the Indian things I have learnt already:
1. How to shower with [...]

Three days before my departure… November 29, 2008

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 [...]