Home and away

Area 58 , Elderstreet, 0870 Alice springs. Somewhere in Australia, in a little donga , somebody is typing on his computer. His head filled with dreams, loved ones and work.

His tiny wall start to fill up with all the plans that still have to be realized. Drawings , designs, words, administration.  the sound of his keyboard is the only sound that disturb the silence of an early morning. Only living in his mind, he just try to organize his thoughts and plans
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Depending on patience and more patience, to realize those plans and dreams in fiscally reality.  The sound of the boiling billy distracts him. He pours himself another coffee full of caffeine. Another sigi is light up. And the only sound of the keyboard starts to break the silence again.

16000 k`s away his mind floats while his body tries to conquer his jet lag and Australian bacterias . Trying to get his body back in working mode. Hauling chains , building walkways , stairs and platforms. He feels his body already protesting against the long hours and heavy duty. But his mind oblige him to remember , it`s all for a good cause. Losing the smuggled fat, and to realize  the projects that`s hanging on his tiny wall. But in those early hours it`s hard to remember that goal.

Knowing that the next months will be a time of artificial contact. A time of living in a future time. He knows while writing , the sound of his words doesn`t sound happy. While his heart is filled with joy. It`s a mixed feeling. A feeling caused by impatience and the absence of loved ones.


Suddenly he wakes up of his melancholic thoughts. a Bell sounds on his computer screen. A skype call that makes it all worth. A smile appears on his face. A rainbow develops around his heart.  And he knows that one day it will be all worthed .

Euralia

A new dream has become reality.  and new dreams to bring to reality.

What was that mission i was talking about .I started a new project. Something i always wanted to do.  I changed status in different ways. From nomad to land owner.

I was farm hunting in rainbow country.  That was my main goal the moment i stept of the plane. A lot of appointments were laying a head. Even last minute bookings , managed by my sis, while i was floating somewhere in the air.

It all happened the moment i arrived. No doubts. This was it . Documents were signed. Documents needed to be organised. My mission was just started. It became a race against time. It was if i played a game.  Get a document to achieve another document. I did a move, and i received a counter move. On the end i managed to drive 4000 k`s in a few weeks. I had sometimes doubts if i wasn`t driving in Ozzie land.

In six weeks i managed to become a farm owner. Yep, i bought a farm . A new project is started. A block of land somewhere in loksbergen. A home that has earned the name "Euralia". A lot of people will read this a few time , and wondering what the fuck!.  Living in Australia to buy a home in limburg. But i really did.
The weeks of running around to get all the paperwork done, i still managed to have a first Australian barbie at he farm with a few selected loved ones.  So between times of eating and relaxing , i was working on Euralia, measuring , drawing and designing. How the future home will look like and organizing the work that has to be done in the next years.

I had to consecrate the new farm before i go overseas again.. So i spend a few nights and days camping with my loved one at the farm. Basic camping, swag and matres in the future living room and Coffee maker in some corner.  Experiencing ,fantasising and discovering the new possibilities that the farm was giving. Meeting the new neighbours. Eating ice cream from the local ice cream driver. And starting the new rumors in the little town. i hope they manage the new international habitats.


 
Maybe one day , a real farmer with cheeps , pigs, chickens and veggies will be walking around with boots and a farmer cap accompanied by a Holland farmer girl in clogs.

Summer of 2012

Once again i arrived in rainbow country.

This time i flew with our Chinese neighbours. Four flights to get where i wanted to be. From Alice to Melbourne, Melbourne to Ghuang zongh , something like that anyway, from there to London, to finally get to Brussels. Flying with a Chinese airline company is an experience, i can tell you that. A nine hour flight with no choice of movies, only 9 hours of strange kung fu and subtitles that are to far away to even read them. It`s like being on another planet. A language , i even couldn't`t guess what they telling. Lucky , the 14 hour flight to London had at least a private screen , where i could choose between three English movies and 21 Chinese movies. So , i did know those English movies pretty well by the end of the flight.

Brussels, life of the bourgondic pleasures. But , i was on a mission. No time to enjoy the bourgondic lifestyle. So i thought, but my eyes and taste were bigger then my will . I still managed to get 7 kilos heavier on the return flight.It`s a good thing they don`t weigh you on a flight, and charge extra money for the extra kilo`s you take back or put you in quarantine because you smuggle extra fat.

A yearly tradition is in working. A gathering of the cousins and nieces. It`s the second time in a row we managed to have a memorial night.  It was a pity , not all of them were available,  but understandable on the short notice we had to arrange the meeting. But next time we`ll do better. So we can start this tradition , once a year , the gathering of memories and futures. And keep the date on our calender marked in red.

I was on a mission, no doubt about that. Laying in a swimming pool in lovely company.  Days of wonderful relaxing. playing in the pool. Waking up , opening your eyes  , and seeing that everything is changed. My hometown is changed by name.

It`s amazing how life can develop if you allow it. If you are open to every possibility and open for every change , good or bad. It doesn`t really matter as long we see the good things in it. Returning to Rainbow country was a trip i even couldn't`t dream of . And i did a few trips.

 Visiting a fairy tale land , riding rollercaosters, exploring dungeons, gliding trough water pipes, dual bike riding.  It was a joy ride this trip. Emotionally and fiscally. Things changed for good. I`m no longer waiting at a red light. I`m racing towards a new unknown future .