Just like Raye preached in her song (even if it was about romantic escapism) I really relate to the feeling of just wanting to escape your life for the past week.
And I did do just that for the past week. Our aim: Côte d’Azur (cannot believe this is my reality!!)
Having left the airport today, I know this was the kind of vacation.
The kind your parents took in your twenties and now feel compelled to bring up every time something remotely travel-related is brought up.
The „Back when I was traveling with friend xy we (insert illegal activity) and then (insert massive hangover, tourist activity and/or dumb decisions).
The kind they talk about with a glow in their eyes that makes you suddenly aware of your own vulnerable youth and scared of becoming as old as them.
However this trip has just ended. Twenty-four hours ago I was still in Nice.
Flight booked, departure in three days.
That’s exactly how much planning went into this.
And therefore it was on of the best trips I have ever had.
Though now here I am, dropped back into my life again.
I am just left with memories still steaming in my mind like fresh pastries. It is like I can almost taste the sweetness and delicacy of these moments that will be buried in my mind forever.
I do not know if this trip will change me (spoiler: this blog will make it feel like I don’t know much about anything at all) but I am sure it contributed to my being (also I feel like I am romanticising this trip way too much).
Anyhow, it sure revealed some things to me:
- We are capable of doing this
- This spontaneity is somehow possible
- Life can be just sand and the ocean and snacks in the sun and smoking on foreign balconies
- Most importantly: you can allow yourself to not think about the reality of everything for a few days
I think once in a while one needs to be reminded of the possibility to escape, and that life can be simple while complicated stays behind for a few days and that there is nothing reprehensible about this. That life has so much to offer you and you can take it.
Sending love <3
-J