good day!
first of all... has anyone ever tried beetroot juice?? i am drinking it, thinking it's a tasty way to make me strong and healthy but it actually just tastes like... beetroot. go figure. not that nice in a liquified form, i might say.
this morning i slept in and effectively missed church, so i headed down to the beach to enjoy the surprisingly sunny day. nothing like talking to God amidst sand, rocks, and wildflowers, with a glistening ocean in the background.
ireland is starting to feel the chill of autumn, and it makes me think nostalgically of leaves turning colour back home, pumpkins, hay bales, and that crisp autumny smell that october brings. here, it would appear that october brings rain. how shocking.
in fairness, i found myself appreciating ireland in a whole new way after returning from hectic london (which was completely fantastic in it's own right). i saw the green, rolling hills dotted with cows and sheep and stone walls dividing the fields, and it felt like coming home.
london was a surprisingly great city- i had my doubts because it is so cliche that i thought surely i couldn't like it, but realized there is a reason why everyone loves it. we had great fun shopping at harrods, where we found a coat for 1000 pound and a baby (armani) onesie for 170. realizing that affording any sort of article of clothing was nearly impossible, keeley and i decided to try out the chocolate section and make our way down to toys where we played away two hours. best shopping trip ever!
we also saw the changing of the guard, an age-old tradition at buckingham palace that lost a bit of its pomp when the band started playing abba's 'dancing queen'.
goodness, this beetroot juice is just not getting any better.
anyway, where i really fell in love with london was while i was journaling at a little cafe in camden, a suburb filled with markets and all kinds of alternative food, clothes, and people. the cafe was filled with all kinds of wooden mismatched furniture, with poetry on the walls, and all sort of delicious, organic goodies to go with their coffees. i never wanted to leave.
now i'm actually stalling before booking my trains through france, where i am scheduled to go in 9 days. hooray! hopefully the technology aspect of 'booking online' will fail to overwhelm me today, but no guarantees.
hope this day finds you well and wonderful, enjoy the smell of manitoban autumn for me! (or wherever you might be)
love to you all,
becki