ByJulia Chi
We woke at 5.40am yesterday – the morning sun creeping over the hills, softly softly – the day gentle and balmy, the temperature clement, like a fresh summer morn… But we knew the force of the sun’s rays would soon be beaming down on us, in vibrant yellow energy, hot, shining shards of light; until…
ByJulia Chi
‘The story of your life…’ Maricarmen laughed… We had just finished our Spanish lesson on Skype and I was recounting a story – in English – the lesson had finished, which mirrored all we had been talking about… I am not musically gifted; I need another person to help me with timing and to follow…
ByJulia Chi
As I sit here ready to write I have just seen a little girl stride by with a kitten in her arms… The kitten looked resigned, relaxed, prepared – for the moment – to go where the little girl was taking it. Trusting the hands of the child; as I trusted the hands of the…
ByJulia Chi
Anadi and I took a picture of our shadows kissing on our run today… It was a mini run of only a couple of miles… In truth the longer – winding through the trees – to the beach and back. We had woken up later – 8am – and the heat was already in the day……
ByJulia Chi
A couple of days ago I received a direct message on twitter from someone who asked me ‘what has been the weirdest thing you have seen on your travels…’? We have seen so many things, and many of them unusual or very different to life in Britain, that to think of a ‘most weird’ would…
ByJulia Chi
The 6.30am alarm is still a bit of a challenge… I am guessing my body thinks its in England and that I have suddenly decided to leap up at 4.30am! Although there wasn’t a lot of leaping going on ? Anadi and I wandered out into a glorious fresh morning, before the heat of the…
ByJulia Chi
I believe I have now just about mastered how to say ‘Thank you’ in Turkish, but it doesn’t really seem to matter anymore… We now have made new friends who know what I am trying to say and immediately say the Turkish equivalent of the ‘de nada’; ‘you’re welcome’ return without trying to correct me…
ByJulia Chi
I am loving writing my Soles Journey every day; I am loving the creative process… I have no idea what I am going to say until I turn up and find out… I learnt at the very beginning of my life that creativity in any form is about turning up at the blank page, whether…
ByJulia Chi
I am sitting with a turkish coffee in front of me; my writing inspiration… ? We have just come back from a day in the mountains… We drove about 45 miles, not really knowing where we were going. We had looked on the map and seen that there were various symbols for different places such…
ByJulia Chi
I woke at 6am as planned and crept out to a fresh summer morning, soft brown green hills rising around me… The sun was already warming the day, but with less intensity than later on; a few people were about – running, walking, sitting on the grass…. I had a seen a lake last night,…
ByJulia Chi
I have just checked out on the map exactly where I am! Maricarmen asked me this question today in my Spanish lesson… ‘I’m not totally sure..’ I replied laughing… ‘In Turkey, Manavgat; beside a really long beach…’ I have now found out that we are on the South Coast and the beach goes on and…
ByJulia Chi
Gatwick airport is our home for the morning… We came here early and I have four hours in one of my favourite venues… An airport! I have always loved this inbetween world that I experience here and on a plane… As I journey onwards and inwards, I recognise that this reflects for me finding the fulcrum in…