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Today 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”.

I am so happy I can write here, it has actually become a part of my life. Right now, life moves on in a rather ordinary way. Work, exercise, writing… And most of all, I am waiting for winter to really give up. There was actually snow today. I didn´t believe my eyes. But soon, hopefully, spring and summer will occur.

I focus quite a lot on training. Wish I could do more. I always try to feel “how do I feel today” and then adjust to that, because it should be fun! So, now I am a little tired after a lot of training tonight, but it was great fun. Makes me smile.

Sorry for not writing. I have thought a lot, a lot about France lately. Probably because it is election tomorrow and that it is covered in the newspapers, unavoidable. There are not that many French restaurants in Stockholm that I know, so just to remember I have made some cooking at home. I remember the baguette. It is as important as milk in Sweden. I remember French cheese, and tonight I had some chèvre. I once saw how that was made in the mountains in south of France. Real family traditions.

Tomorrow will be very exciting. Listening to French is like listening to beautiful music.

A day off. Beautiful weather and some French atmosphere. When I went for training today, there were many French speaking out walking. The news have been loaded with information about the election in France. Very interesting to follow. France will always be in my mind. Yesterday, and also today, I just had to have some French cheese. I remember that it was very calm during Sundays in France. Often I went for a “Pâtisserie” to by some sweets or a baguette.

The result will have effects on Europe, so it concerns you and me as a global citizen. It seems like the challenge is to, somehow, prevent terrorattacks. There was an incident in Paris this week where a polis man was shut, so how can this be prevented? The polis is very skilled and seem to have a lot of information about those committing the crimes. But how can they prevent? I follow lefigaro.fr and it will be interesting to see the result tonight.

So, this Sunday, it is just an easy afternoon. Watching a movie and thinking of French Pâtisserie.