this time in english:

going without leaving...

...well, at least it feels as if still a part of me is in portugal.
the day before yesterday hajo and i left very early in the morning after a quite sleepless night (hajo struggeling with his cough and the dogs running and barking outside all night long plus me having rather weird and wild dreams...) in order to catch the 7.25 train from fundao to lisboa (oriente). thanks to birger and julia for giving us a lift to the station!
we had a great time in portugal. hajo picked me up at the airport at the 21. and at first we had some ice-cream :-) there. then we went on to cais sodré and cascais by bus and train where we finally met jared. jared / hajo had worked out a place to stay for us for the first two nights in lisboa so we were not really affected by the burnt down guest area...

anyway: i spent a lovely day with hajo in lisboa:
sunshine!
swimming in the sea!
colecting seashells
enjoying the air, the smell of saltwater
sandy feet
a little bit of sightseeing (castelo s. jorge, sé, view over the city...sunset...)
dinner in a nice restaurant
sleeping in a nice bed...

we travelled on to the mountain of oaks on the 23rd.
a good place to be!
i love it to be in the outdoors, being in contact with nature.
plus all the lovely people i met there.
rosie & josh, ton, julia & hanna & birger, derek, daniel, jared... miri and maren had a short stop over, and barbara and emma just arrived the night before hajo and i had to leave again. good to meet them.

lots of ideas and thoughts in my head...lots of emotions as well.
nature...permaculture... shelter... facing fears (oh well, that walk alone in the dark was quite something...- but also something to say "thank you" for) ... cooking for the whole lot of people...asterix-german- lessons...lovely vegetables...the dogs, the cats, the donkeys...walking to the christmas service at night...working with hajo...teaching hanna how to crochet...rocket stove... milk mission...talking...laughing...water mission...nature...writing...oranges...olives...sunny days...no watches...ereything just takes as long time as it needs :-) ...rain...huck chasing the train...wondering if i could leave a life like thaton a long term...thinkig about planting a tree...eukalyptus trees... "bella! no!"... tea... making music with hajo...

good to be there.
thank you for taking me with you, hajo-bro!
my best wishes for the land and the community - let it grow.
love and light and happy new year!

and: yes, there will be pictures.

going without leaving...well, i think there's no need to hurry. luckily i still have some days off work, so i can slowly put up everything i need here and get everything together that needs to be done...
arriving in munich, i was happy to see georg (my lovely neighbour!) again. big kiss! big hug! but it was so cold outside.... huh!
yesterday we spent a quiet evening with tim, kattrin and mika.
today: relaxed new years day.
i still need time to rest.
guess it's time now!

beste grüße - best wishes!
moni m.