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It is SAD

The travel compromises become steeper the longer a home becomes your base. Once a long term cyclist certain aspects were inferior. With the learning curve inclining, the desire to let go the newly learned becomes difficult. Or differently said: to avoid Seasonal Affective Disorder, it gotta be worth the effort.

A few days sun means I could make a short kickbike tour to the hills. They will feed my needed portion of wonderment. Even though the nearby Hungarian hills are not that spectacular, it will give me more the view that bald trees provide me with. Read more

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Years of traveling brought me many different insights, philosophies and countries I needed to be (over 90 in total). I lived in Pakistan, went over 15 times to India and when I stopped cycling the world, that was after 50.000 kilometer through 45 countries, I met Geo. Together we now try to be more self-sustainable, grow our own food and live off-grid. I now juggle with the logistics of being an old-fashioned housewife, cook and creative artist loving the outdoors. The pouches I create are for sale on www.cindyneedleart.com

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Hi Felix, it would be Baranya hills since Mártra is about 4 hours by car and by kickbike it would be probably 2 weeks for me. I will go there too, one day, but not in winter so far off with so little guaranty to dry weather.

Have you cycled here? How was it to you?

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Wow! That’s 53 years ago! I was not even born. In that case, it was probably a bit different than it would be now. But I remember that we wrote each other a bit back and forth about the subject 😉

It was probably… hilly 🤭 Mátra counts 1000 meter at the point where you can only walk to. Which Geo and I did (unprepared and ill timed but I could see the beauty, even though it was December and icy cold).

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I thought about ice skating too but I honestly think what the SAD needs is SUNLIGHT and WARMTH and NEW views.

We could buy skiing stuff or langlauf equipment yes… but not much else would change with that.

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There was nothing I liked more than ice skating in the Dutch winters (where have they gone?). Experimenting the same surroundings in a different way feels like a change of views.

But yeah, I little sun and warmth will do good, right? We need some dry days – we just had 2 after many months of rain… I think spring will come soon ^_^

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I agree, with same surroundings creating new experiments, I do that with the photographs. I have walked these paths sooo often that I tell myself to look different each time I see them.

Ice skating is something that I did a lot too in winter. I liked going on over tiny slootjes, further off and even to off limits islands in the polder.

This is my first winter really where we are so settled and done with all work that possibly could be done that I need new horizons. The traveler in me tells me SAD is a good reason.

You will enjoy your dry sunny days very soon in Spain!

Is the rain there continuous in the winter months? Is also quite SAD?

🤭😉♥️🌸

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Hahaha, jij maakt me aan het lachen!

Geo scrollde door de foto’s gisteren, op zijn weg van Duitsland terug naar hier, en was zo verrast eens géén kattenfoto’s te zien. Hij vond het een verademing! Tot de laatste paar foto’s, enkel katten…

Koen, de katten zijn mijn licht en maken me zo blii, en in ruil voor eten blijven ze aan mijn zijde. Daarom zie je ze zoveel op de foto.

Hou jij niet van katten dan?

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Hi Cindy, a former colleague told me once that we must experience the dark days to appreciate the light. Maybe that’s from the Bible, I’m not sure.

Now we’re at the end of January. The worst days are behind 🙂 The sparkling white snow also brings some light into the greyness.

More practically, I may suggest that you try Lake Balaton for a change. I think it’s close to where you live. The wide space at the lakeshore gives perspective. It’s huge and bright. It’s surface may be frozen now which provides a unique experience. Cheers up the soul. Not an omniscent remedy, still may make your day.

Another destination may be the hot spa in Zalakaros, maybe an hour drive from you. On a quiet weekday it may not be crowded.

Hope you’ll find some relief until Spring comes 🤗

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Hello someone,

I’m pretty sure it is somewhere in the Bible, and I agree that we must experience dark in order to appreciate light, in all sorts of spheres. But I also think we don’t need to experience clouds and rain over again to appreciate the light. Sunlight is simply always appreciated, except perhaps when you have a light allergy : )

Lake Balaton is not that close to us and a hot spa I would love, would it be in the open nature, without buildings nor other people. I am allergic to bikinis: )

I think back of hot springs when I was in Central America and among monkeys and sometimes chicken from undoubtedly a nearby farm, it was the ideal setting. No one in view, no buildings and just simply nature. I also remember the hot baths (literally) in Iran which was in a building and I did enjoy it yet the great thing of Iran was of course the separation of the genders, which I highly appreciate.

Getting older we don’t get easier.

Greetings from light seeking us 😊

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Thank you Anna, for interacting with me on this one. I know that you are in summer now, which seems to hold endless possibilities, Australian summer!

How beautiful to say ‘moods of winter – so gloomy but also with hope’

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Oh yes we’ve had a long hot summer smashing all sorts of heat records! Your photos are such “another world” for me! I’m hoping if I stare long enough at them I might cool down a bit? 😂

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