Pretty damn happy lucky

Kiitos Sevilla! Thank you Seville! Gracias Sevilla!

I was little sad to leave you behind, yet so happy I got to spend all this time with you. I knew we'd be a good match and it was true. Hoping to see you again. The right time will come.

Special thanks to my lovely room-mates. What had I done without you gals!

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Also, I learned a lot about this stay. Both personal- and work-related stuff. Some more Spanish, too. Progress, that's maybe the word I'm after here.

Highlights of the stay? My internship-placement: couldn't have been better (made me more focused). Yoga classes: perfection (never underestimate the power of meditation). And a couple of parties we went to: I've missed dancing like that and now I could do it the way it should be done (swallow the beat and sweat -some people go to the gym for this type of exercise). Also I must stress the importance of a climate: seriously, Finland's hardcore at this time of the year. I already said this to a friend but I think the people are few and far between who'd voluntarily change Seville to Finnish country-side in December. It's a constant night here in the North.

As a summary I'll just say that I'm pretty damn happy lucky. Let's finish off with that.

Cheers,
Martta

Emotional diary

Maanantaina todellisuus iski: viimeinen viikko. Ahdistuin.

Tiistaina kielsin.

Keskiviikkona hermoilin.

Torstaina teeskentelin normaalia.

Perjantaina ahdistuin, kielsin, hermoilin ja teeskentelin normaalia. Lopulta rentouduin, nautin ja hyväksyin. Kaikelle on aikansa ja paikkansa.

Lauantaina meidän tyttö-nelikko, kommuuni, ydinperhe matkusti Suomeen.

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The reality knocked me down on Monday: the ultimate week. Got all anxious.

Tuesday denial.

Wednesday stress.

Thursday pretending everything's as usual.

On Friday I got it all: anxiety, denial, stress, pretending everything's as usual. Then finally I chilled, enjoyed and accepted. Everything has it's time and space.

On Saturday our quartet, commune, nuclear family traveled back to Finland.

Expiry date approaching

More at ease? Totally.

Yet it's the last full weekend at hand. I'm at the point of refusal what comes to the expiry date of this stay.

I will miss this city.

Busy silence

Today, I'm feeling distracted. All my thoughts just hanging in the air in a chaotic web, disturbing each other. Silence, but a busy one. I need to find a time-slot to do nothing. I need to find a space to be on my own for a second. Counting my breathe.

Come Tuesday, come Wednesday, come Thursday. Come yoga, come massage, come yoga. I shall feel more at ease on Friday.

Kaunista viikonloppua

Oho, perjantai.

Kaunista viikonloppua! Millainen sää on siellä, missä sinä olet? Niin, ja missä sinä olet? Tehdäänkö galluppi?

Voin aloittaa: +18 ja aurinkoista, ilmassa syksyistä kirpeyttä.
Muuta: Täydellinen sää yhdistää iso huivi, mekko ja lempipopot. Takkikaan ei ole liioittelua, on kosteaa.
Paikka: Sevilla, Espanja.

P.S. Olenhan jo esitellyt teoriani siitä, että ihmisillä on syksyisin parempi tyyli kuin muina vuodenaikoina?

Silent knowledge

I could hear the history whispering from the walls. Imagine what the palace has seen since it was build in 1366! Who has stepped across the same tresholds, wandered in the gardens. Not only the kings and queens and other remarcable beings, but also the ordinary people, the servants. Who's job has been sweeping the corridors, who has inserted the numerous tiles, who has carved all the details, who has cooked in there. So many unknown stories of people linked to it.

Just the tought of it. The place. The time. Impressive. Beautiful. Strong.

And there it still stands, holding on to those stories no one can trace back to. Only the palace knows.

Sight I've seen

Oh the glow.

Made a big effort yesterday after work and went to the Real Alcázar. Oh! Fantastic! It was worth a visit. And it was also quiet, just hour and half before the closing time, in the middle of the week, on a perfectly crispy and sunny autumn day.

The golden shine covered the ceilings, touched the leaves and circled up und down the stairs. It felt like a foreign land in the middle of the city.

Finally, I've seen a sight.

Randomities

I think I'm sitting in the middle of an energy circle again. I'm noticing random things that actually make so much sense. Makes me smile.

This also happened: I couldn't draw out cash today, I tried at different places. It was sort of strange. Then it was exactly 18:06 when I had my last try, happened to notice the time from the screen. And that's when it worked. Of course. I'm born on the 18th of June. (If it had worked before, I might have ended up having cake, so maybe definately yes this was ment to be too. Instead I got home where my room-mate had cooked yummy veggies.)

After the rain

Satoi. Sateen jälkeen oli kaunis valo ja hiljaiset kadut. Ilma tuntui pehmealtä ja puhtaalta.

Söin sipulikeiton. Siinä oli ihanasti juustoa ja leipäpaloja pinnalla. Baarissa tyttö teki läksyjä, pieni seurue pulisi, ulkona ihmiset kantoivat sateenvarjoja. Minulla ei ollut työpäivän jälkeen kiire mihinkään.

Sundays sound like jazz

Mondays start with a take-away coffee,
On Tuesdays I hurry to yoga after work,
Wednesdays are for chillaxing and mid-week exhaustion,
On Thursdays I hurry to yoga, too, and laze back home,
Fridays often turn into shopping,
Saturdays equal dancing,
and on Sundays, from now on, we listen jazz.

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I've found my favorite chill-out zone. Gigs on weekends, relaxed ambiance and a cosy setting. Feels like somebody's living room.Yesterday we went for an amazing session of live jazz with one of my room-mates and had cake on the way home. Perfect way to finish off the weekend.