Hello again Blogtastic Universe,
For those of you who are unaware, a couple of months ago, on a whim, I impulsively and irresponsibly booked a month long trip to Europe. This trip was to include a Topdeck Tour and a few days either side of that staying with my older brother in London. I put this down to my QLC and it was booked while I was in the middle of a crisis without much thought of the consequences and with non-refundable tickets. |
| I totally didn't spend like ten minutes setting up this pic while waiting at the airport... |
Technically today is my second day of the trip but I'm making it my first day as it's my first official day of my QLC OE, yesterday was a weird loooong day of flying and I don't remember much of my afternoon in London due to being severely sleep deprived, quite hungry and jet-lagged, here however is an excerpt I wrote while sitting in Kensington Gardens (in case you don't pick-up on that) that may give some insight into the state of my deranged mind after a gruelling 30 hours flying. (Note to future self, next time you fly somewhere with an exact 12 hour time difference, try to not book a flight that leaves in the evening and arrives in the morning, thanks, lots of love, hope you're doing well and have achieved all you hopes and dreams, past self.)
AUTUMN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.
"I am currently sat in Kensington Garden's after at least 48 hours with little to no sleep, and it is beautiful. It reminds me why Autumn has always been my favourite season. Living in Wellington I forgot how much I love Autumn, all the beautiful colours, so many colours, the significance of the evolution of death and life and death again. How can death be so beautiful?Ah but these are the ramblings of a sleep-deprived, jet-lagged, deluded lunatic, forgive me.
My travels haven't even really begun, yet I have already learnt so much travelling by myself, a paradoxical mixture of both how capable and incapable I am, of how helpful and welcoming other people are and the exact opposite.
Day one of my trip is a difficult one, as it covers the amount of time of around about 3 days, travelling through 3 time zones, but only ending half a day after I left at my final destination, and feeling like only one extremely loooong day.
Day one of my trip is like trying to describe what inception means to someone who has never heard of the concept or seen the movie.
In my short time in London so far I have taken the underground from Terminal 2 to South Kensington Station by myself, already gotten myself completely lost trying to find my brothers work the old fashioned way turning what could have been a 10 minute walk into a 2 hour walk with all my luggage. Then I had to rely on technology to find my way back. It's okay though as I got to see a lot more of the city, there's nothing like getting lost in a new city.
My eyes are droopy, my legs are jelly and I feel dizzy and confused, sitting on a park bench in the beautiful Kensington Garden's, surrounded by the fires of Autumn, I contemplate my aloneness, my experiences, what is to come, and the deeper questions of life . . . and I think I've forgotten how to get back to Tony's work. Shit."
There you are, Day 01 of my QLC OE done and dusted. Stay tuned to see what I learn next on this absolutely ridiculous journey to "find myself", and hopefully you all can learn something along the way too.
Catch you tomorrow for Day 02.
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| Me trying to pretend that I'm "Wild at Heart" . . . I made my boyfriend take this picture. . . |
Emsy x
Good luck Em! I know you'll have the time of your life :)
ReplyDeleteJip xo
Thanks Jip! See you when I'm back. :)
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