Let it snow, let it snow, let it SNOW

Ahhh this white gold has continued to fall from the sky in Geneva (and hence in the Alps - yeah for skiing next year) for days, and today even started to leave some imprints on buildings and streets! And it has also fallen continuously in Stockholm since the beginning of the week - with a promise of a real White Christmas :D

Hence, I can now stop just dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know, with glistening treetops, and sleigh bells in the snow - and actually start believing in one. A white fluffy beautiful Christmas where the cold will turn us all into small red-nosed Rudolphs but will provide us with several silent nights before Santa comes to town.

So I just wanted to say: Let it snow, let it snow, let it SNOW!

Halles-des-iles

Just back from a very nice evening! First some Swedish warm smoked salmon and all the rest to make up a lovely dinner, and than a few drinks and some dancing at halles-des-iles. First time I was there for a drink at night and it was really cool! Will become a new favorite I can feel.

Great evening, good to be out again and realised just how long it has been. But tomorrow the plan is also dinner, drinks and dancing. Time to make sure that I finish the year in style :D

Just wish my lovely N was here!

How do I dare?

Many people ask me how I dare to plan to quit my job and leave on a travel around part of the world, as I have no back-up plan for afterwards. I will come back with very little money left, without a job, hopefully still having an apartment (but who knows), with a CV that some employers might find more interesting, but many will probably find less interesting.

So how do I dare give up my good job where I have a good salary, good colleagues, an ok boss, and where I can most probably feel safe for years to come?

Well, I found this quote today from Mark Twain, which explains quite well how I think about life - that life is for living now rather than regretting later. I of course hope that I will not regret my choice later. But I am sure that I would regret not living my dream! So I am going to try to live it. I am done working my life away in an office. I am ready to live!

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream."