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Bom dรญa! Tudo bem? Tudo bem! And thatโs basically all my knowledge of the Portuguese language. Ok…I also know: Uma mulher tem uma maรงa, meaning: A woman has an apple. Very important knowledge, isnโt it ๐๐
๐? Especially for me, I love apples (not to confuse with Apple, Annet and Apple donโt go along ๐ฅ๐๐).
Ok, enough blahblah, to the point! I had the idea that I would escape the winter in the Netherlands, Algarve should be warmer. Wellโฆ I know now that Portugal can have cold winters too! It started mid-December 2020 up to mid-January 2021. Happy that my winter clothes are quite oversized, and that I had brought so many clothes! I was wearing many layers to keep myself warm. The apartment I was in, had no insulation, an aircon to heat up the place, but it was quite noisy so after 10 minutes I had to turn it off. The fire ๐ฅ place was out of order, because I had put all my yoga stuff there (and I must admit: I donโt know how to make a proper fire and itโs an open fire place, so the apartment would either burn down, including the whole building ๐ or everything inside would smell like burnt wood). Average temperature in the apartment: 11 degrees Celsius. It was often warmer outsideโฆ.
I got my lovely winter toes back, I forgot how painful that is. The bathroom was so cold that I was already an ice queen before I could turn on the shower. I wrapped myself completely in the bed covers, preventing my nose from freezing off my face when I was asleep๐. Eventually, it turned out to be the coldest winter since 15+ years. In Laos (October โ December 2019) we had 1 week of really cold weather. Why is winter following meโฆ is there a hidden message ๐ค? One thing I promised myself (Covid or not): I am on a tropical island from October 2021 until March 2022. No more winter toes ๐ฃ, no more winter clothes and a-sexy thermo-underwear ๐ฉฒ๐ฉณ! Just summer clothes, SPF50, bikinis ๐, sunglasses ๐ and flip flops ๐ฉด.
Luckily, the temperature is back to normal (around 12 at night, around 18 at daytime). And I exchanged the apartment for a mobile home at a holiday park๐. I am here for almost one month, and up to now, it is the best move (this is the 3rd place I live in within 3,5 months๐ ). Currently, we have a curfew ๐ (8pm โ 5am on the weekdays and 1pm โ 5am in the weekends, beaches are closed too, unfortunately); luckily, the park is located in the countryside. We can go for a stroll in nature without seeing other people (and also no GNR/police ๐), and if you want to socialize with people, there is always someone sitting outside on the veranda (except when itโs raining ๐).
All in all, I am living my dream: a lovely tiny home, lovely neighbors, beautiful nature, working now and then ๐ (I started a new job at Meditation Moments – https://meditationmoments.nl/). I can say I am definitely enjoying life ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ ๐ซโจ๐๐๐๐ฅณ๐น. Do you want to design your own life too? Stay tuned, I will share shortly what I did to make it happen๐ ๐. Ok, one piece of advice in advance: listen to your heart โค๏ธ, it has all the answers to your questions๐๐.
๐๐ With love ๐๐
littlemissyoga
P.s.: I started to teach some online yoga classes โ see https://littlemissyoga.com/about-littlemissyoga/new-online-yoga-classes/, also check my Facebook-page to subscribe to my classes: https://www.facebook.com/annet.gosens/
P.p.s.: I have put some pictures of my life in Portugal โ check https://littlemissyoga.com/gallery/pictures-portugal/.
P.p.p.s: Meanwhile posting this blog, it is raining cats๐ฑ & dogs ๐ถโฆ it looks like autumn in the Netherlands๐.
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