It is a good thing I can backdate these posts.....
This has been a weird year. The lows were looooow, but the highs sure made up for them. Every time I feel a bit blue these days I think back to one of the many wonderful achievements of the last few months and one of my favorites must be (besides my degree, of course) our trip to Singapore.
It was a bit spur of the moment (as I have blogged before, that is how we roll) but when we clicked and bought the tickets, we had a little happy dance in the living room.
As we stepped into our first 777 to fly 12 hours to see friends on the other side of the world, with our suitcases full of cheese, licorice, rice waffles and wine, it was fun from beginning to end.
Some of the highlights (not chronological): on our final night, we went out just the two of us to have dinner at a famous crab-house. Afterwards we walked through the club district and I heard some bachata coming out of one of the clubs. As we sat there in Singapore, drinking our Corona-ritas (yes, a margarita made with a Corona), with a live band, with salsadancing Singaporeans, with my Dutch husband that I met on my island, I became emotional at how blessed my life is.
Another highlight: our first ever Aquathlon. Swimming and then running. Also our first medal outside of Holland. Also a good lesson in planning: flying 12 hours and sleeping 8 and then a race, not smart....
Highlights: allllll the food. All of it. From the kopi toast to the hawker food, all of it was excellent.
And this day was a perfect day. We slept in a bit, Joris swam some laps and we went out, by foot, to this bakery that came highly recommended and was around the corner from a bookstore that was also highly recommended, We ate and then spend quite some time in the bookstore browsing and making new friends.
After the bookstore I went in search of water. It was so hot, we were guzzling water the whole day. I rounded the corner and saw a small bodega. As I walked in the music was so perfect in the environment! I knew the song, from another perfect moment last year when I Shazam-d it. I just stood there and let the moment wash over me, it was so good.
Then we went to the Singapore Zoo, which was less perfect, but still an experience.
This is the Iris, just as pretty as my aunt Iris.
