SvenskaToday was, for me, the very first real feeling of warmer days. I just say finally. I don´t know how many times I have thought “is it really worth spending so many months (years) in cold and darkness?”. But it has its charm. Those day when I put my skis on and go with my sweeties are invaluable. The joy of watching my sweetie having fun in the snow is giving so much happiness.
The days are turning to new days so rapidly. I use quite a lot of my time for exercise. I just love that. That makes me smile. More or less I have been active with sports during my whole life, and I wish it will stay so. I would like to learn how to play tennis one day. That is something I would like to try. I have tried a lot but not tennis.
I have written now and then about my stay in Sri Lanka. This week I have thought about why I don´t write in Swedish, and that is simply because I have friends speaking foreign languages and we communicate by English to stay in touch. When I went to Sri Lanka that was to see Anu and her husband. She reads what I write and we only speak English. Anu introduced me to Sri Lanka and I am very happy about that. I was very content to go to the highlands where the tea plantations are. I am really fascinated by tea.
Tea is beautiful. Where it grows. How it is harvested and taken care of. Every morning I still have Sri Lankan tea, so that keeps my memory fresh. I just wish I had that tropical landscape outside my window.
After seeing beautiful Lion Rock, I went to Kandy. And, from there I continued to Nuwara Eliya where the tea plantations were. I went by bus and I was the only foreigner. Nuwara Eliya was so beautiful and was established by the British in the 19th century. The temperatur was perfect and the air was so fresh. I visited many tea plantations and learnt “From bush to cup in 24 hours”.