On Friday evening, I'm leaving Cambodia for three weeks of vacation in Sweden. It'll be fantastic to see Janne, Polly Jean and the cats again, can't wait! We'll spend the first two weeks in Stockholm, and the third week on the west coast in Bohuslan. We'll just take it easy, relax and the only thing we've planned is: not to plan anything.
The travel itself won't be very much of rest and relaxation, though. My dear khmer colleagues are taking the opportunity to send some fruit with me, to their friends in Sweden. 10 kilos of mango and pomelo... Well, I guess that I'll have to wait and see what the staff at the check-in counter at the Phnom Penh Airport has to say about 10 kilos too much on the luggage scale...
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to the vacation and some rest, as it has been quite a lot of new things to take in and adapt to since my arrival here. I think that it might have taken some more energy than I actually realize now, being in the middle of the whole relocation process. So; rest and relaxation is the theme for our summer holiday this year.
But no matter how much I'm looking forward to see my family and friends again, at the same time it feels a bit strange to leave Phnom Penh right now. Partly because it feels like I've just arrived - although it's actually three months ago, but time flies so fast, doesn't it?! And also because it's a bit confusing to leave my home here to go to... well, my other home. I do have two homes now, in two parts of the world. And travelling between these two homes will be a part of my life for the next years to come. It's an exciting feeling and I'm so happy for the opportunity to live like this. But the emotional process of travelling in between the two homes for the first time puzzles me a bit more than I had expected it to, actually. But I guess that the pieces will fall into place as soon as I, and hopefully the fruit too, have arrived at the Arlanda airport early Saturday morning. Because as I said; I just can't wait to be with my loved ones..! :-)
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3 comments:
Hej vännen!
Ser ut som om du har det bra! Gratulerar till lägenheten - vill jättegärna komma och hälsa pa.
Ser att du är hemma i Sverige... och attans (!!?), jag tror att vi missar varandra precis :-(, jag kommer till Stockholm den 23 augusti.
Stor kram! Annelie
Hej Solen,
tack för hälsningen! Och ja; attans - vi kommer att missa varandra den här gången. Så ni får väl helt enkelt komma till Kambodja och hälsa på istället! :-) Hoppas allt är bra i Genève! Hälsa Carlos så gott.
Kram till er båda/ Maria
Kan äntligen läsa din blogg igen efter reparation av datorn (varför tar sånt alltid så lång tid???). Lägenheten ser väldigt trivsam ut! Och jag måste säga att det är skönt att ha dig hemma ett tag igen - jag (och Guldgrisen) känner oss väldigt priviligerade som fått förmånen att träffa dig i Stockholm ett par gånger :)
//Jenny
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