Bremen posting

Dear Friends,

I am writing this to let you know I am presently residing in the comforts of small town of Bremen in Germany. Auf der Wachsbleiche to be precise. In T's lovely home, with two cats (Robert and Clara) and a big-bear looking dog called Tapas. London has exhausted me and this quiet little town is a little pleasure I so badly need for this moment in time. I am being very lazy these days and my laziness has perhaps reached an excessive point where I feel as though my brains and any soul left of it has been almost filtered out. I don't quite like to think that this is anywhere negative. It is indeed therapuetic. I am certain you will understand how it is so much easier to pass the day sitting, sipping overflowing tea, talking and dreaming than resolve to spend it productively.

I have been here for almost a week and in the time I have been away, I have learned much about my capacity to cope with being alone in a foreign place and away from any nuances of familiar comforts. It is not easy and perhaps never will but the body and mind is resilient I guess. And if each day I find little pieces of gems and treasures, I am grateful.

This is a very lovely town, and strangely it reminds me a little too much of Canberra even. A little quiet town with its unique characteristics lurking in unknown little corners. It is joy to discover these things, mostly accidental. Sometimes, I find it very surreal to think I actually took this step to be here. Cycling is a nightmare for me though. For those who know me well, I am a certified nervous cyclist. The roads are narrow, the cars slow and they seem to be annoyed at you if you happen to not understand the rules of the road. And as such I am beginning to doubt my capability to learn how to drive.. hmmm..

I am lazy yet again and the sun is starting to shine after days of sporadic rain... I might consider the idea of a walk. I am thinking of you as I am writing this and as you are reading it.

Much much love as always..