Greetings from Heidi (Zurich, Switzerland)

Zurich, ze beautiful city of Switzerland.
I always thought Zurich was in Germany, heehee, but well... it wasn't far from the truth when I got there. It's like Germany. People speak German, but they are just more friendly:)
Anyhooo, I had fun all the way there... even our trainride from the aircraft. It felt like we were in a carousel... the sounds of cows moooing, those famous cowbells ringing, Heidi yodling in the background and even sending kisses (we could see these images of her as we went passed - a lot of them together makes it looks she's moving) and in the airport we were surrounded by everything Swiss. Swiss army knives (i've always wanted one, so I bought one), Swiss chocolate, watches etc.

6 of us took a trainjourney downtown (including the pilots again) and we were kicked out of First Class. Haha!! We didn't know. Everything is in German.
Guten morgenWe strolled around in the beautiful city, walked all the way to Lake Zurich (not worth a photo - they made such a big booohaaa about it), saw some swans, had something to eat and around sunset (I was mesmerized by the sight of this in a city like that) we went back to our hotel. I met up with Amber in the morning for breakfast (my best friend since 2002, she was on the evening flight by chance)


Before all this, I spent 10 insane days in Cape Town for a 'holiday'. I needed one afterwards. As I'm always open and honest with you guys, I thought I would share that I went through depression. I lost more weight (well, I didn't eat, and didn't sleep), went for therapy (the breakup with Param opened stuff I had to deal with, like the death of my sister). I've committed to Life Strategies for another 2 or 3 months (the wonderful company that takes you towards Peace, Love, Calm and Joy) and I am back on track! Doing good and feeling great! I even planned my year ahead (now, that's an achievement, lol)

So ja, that's all folks

I just came back from a second trip to Zurich. I'll be going to Russia again soon. Damn. I find it funny that only until recent did I see snow for the first time, and now I am being bombarded with it, lol.

Warm hugs,

Tschüss (almost pronounced like Cheers)
A

From Russia With Love (Moscow, Russia)

Doobraye ootro

Whooohooo, so finally I got to see a lot of snow, falling falling freezing!!. Moscow! These guys handle snow as if it's an umbrella. Flights don't get delayed, everything goes on as normal. The traffic was pretty tight, and the cars are dirty, buildings are very visibly connected to each other with wires and our bus driver kept cursing in Russian. There are these big bulldozer snowscrapers that hoot people out of the way at the speed of freakin 80k/h or something. It was awesome to go mission with a big group, including both pilots, in heavy snow and freezing cold in a town that speaks no English. The pilot, being good with direction ofcourse, followed the map and got us to the Red Square on a train.
Even when all 9 of us bought tickets, we just pointed to the map and showed 'return'. Man, it was cold!!! Well -13'C. It almost felt unreal to me, being new to that. The snowflakes were dry and the sound it made underneath my shoes sounded crunchy. I felt like I was on a xmas movie setup.


So, we went for dinner, walked around some outdoor souvenir shops at the Red Square, played in the snow and dodged out of the way of those bulldozers many times;-) We ended our night looking for a bar to have..... VODKA ofcourse!! Even I had some. Too many maybe (sorry ma), we all got drunk. On the way back we even did the snow angel thing in that cold. But by that time it wasn't cold anymore, lol. We had a ball of a time!!

This was actually my London Gatwick flight that I swapped for Moscow, and it was definitely worth it.

Well, that's it for now. Hope I described well, this letter was written in a hurry, coz I'm off again for another flight.

Toedeldoe!!
Da sveedaneeya (Dasvidanya)
Spaseeba

Mwah
A