ByJulia Chi
My writing desk on the balcony looks down on a little square by the sea in Almuñecar, it is more lively than when we were last here in February; colourful stalls starting to appear… Joyous, vibrant, strips of cloth, skirts, pantalones, a mass, a tumble of possibility. I am happy at the moment to be…
ByJulia Chi
Yesterday I read about Joan Benoit Samuelson who turned sixty in May aiming for a sub three hour marathon… The current world record for the 60-64 age group is 3:01:30 which was run by New Zealand’s Bernie Portenski in 2010… Joan previously held the world record in the marathon, when she ran 2:22:43 for the…
ByJulia Chi
I have just returned from my Spanish lesson… A whole two hours speaking in Spanish with Maricarmen! The clock struck 1pm signalling the end of our time… She then shared with me that she had seen a film about the racing driver Niki Lauda last night, and that it had made her think of me……
ByJulia Chi
Today I woke to a new life, the day stretching ahead, endless days stretching ahead… As I write these words, I am reminded of the Kirsty MacColl song ‘Thank you for the days’ I love that song… Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I’m thinking of the…
ByJulia Chi
I am sitting on the roof top of our apartment, it’s a sunshiny blowy day, the blustery games of the wind make it feel cooler than it is… Famara beach is just across the road from me and I can hear the music of the waves in a rhythm of still movement – the tide is…
ByJulia Chi
A new day dawning on a new landscape… Twelve days in the UK have passed in a mixture of London’s lively vibe, misty rainy beauty of the South Downs, watery sun rising over the English Channel, daffodil yellow spring popping up along the paths in the Park at Buxted and a bright sunny morning with…
ByJulia Chi
Soon I am to head off on the next leg of my journey… In May I am going a vlogging jogging snogging ( mainly with Anadi ! ) and blogging… Not necessarily in that order, around the globe… I am already doing this of course, but from May I will have more time to dedicate…
ByJulia Chi
The sun is setting in glorious fashion, streaky pink purple orange, on another beautiful Spanish sunny mountain day. Anadi and I sat outside in the village of Bubion drinking café con leche earlier today, enjoying as always the still silent sound of mountain life. It is evident that most of the young people run helter…
ByJulia Chi
Since returning from Lanzarote, after my magical week with my sister Rosy, I have not found a blogging moment… My days have been spent engaged with Kathy and Haze on their retreats here in Spain, and my other clients on Skype too… But today my day is stretching ahead with no sessions until 5 pm….
ByJulia Chi
We are currently half way between Lanzarote and Gatwick, five miles high. When we arrive Rosy will head back to Dorset, and I will stay one night at Gatwick, before flying to the peninsula of Spain tomorrow morning. Rosy and I have had a wonderful week together, each evening we made a plan for the…
ByJulia Chi
Yesterday morning I woke and ran through a rainy grey day to the beach. My last day in Eastbourne and I had a yen to run barefoot on the beach… I arrived here the Saturday before last and began to write then… This is a record at the beginning and end of a wonderful week…
ByJulia Chi
Today is a grey, washed blue day in Almuñécar… A very different view from the window I am sitting by, as I haven’t seen many clouds since I have been here… But it is beautiful and very still… And I enjoyed my morning run. I was wearing shorts and a T shirt, and as usual…