Covid-19 Pandemic Year 1
Well, this is a first; a 'staying-put' post on our travelling blog, if you see what I mean. Our travelling life has well and truly ground to a halt as we remain locked down here in our Essex home with our two 'London Daughters', our travelling plans shelved.
We count ourselves as very fortunate, though, as we are able to exercise by walking the banks of the creek at the bottom of our garden, which is part of a designated country park a little further on where it joins the river Crouch. Like many others we have drinks with friends on Zoom and Skype, decorate and spruce up the house and garden, catch up with reading that we always meant to do, bone up on our Spanish and watch some great dramas on catch-up TV. No travelling, no seeing friends, no shopping, no Formula 1 but, somehow, part of this slowed-down existence is somewhat uplifting. Who would have thought it?
Our sheltered life is in stark contrast to others at this time, though, as we hear, daily, of the sacrifices being made by key workers in the NHS, Care Homes, the Police and others. All we can do is clap on our doorsteps every Thursday to show our appreciation. Perhaps, as we move out of this nightmare, we will all think a little more about the injustices in our societies and even, perhaps, do something about it; is that a forlorn hope?
It's been fascinating to compare the leadership of different countries through this crisis. At this stage female leaders have my vote by some margin. You can't argue with that - can you? Here's an interesting article.
Anyway, I guess the next post will be when we have some travelling news. Goodness knows when we will see our Spanish home again; first we lose our European citizenship and now the world turns upside down. How will we all adjust to the new reality?
Let's just try and stay healthy.
Hasta Luego
We count ourselves as very fortunate, though, as we are able to exercise by walking the banks of the creek at the bottom of our garden, which is part of a designated country park a little further on where it joins the river Crouch. Like many others we have drinks with friends on Zoom and Skype, decorate and spruce up the house and garden, catch up with reading that we always meant to do, bone up on our Spanish and watch some great dramas on catch-up TV. No travelling, no seeing friends, no shopping, no Formula 1 but, somehow, part of this slowed-down existence is somewhat uplifting. Who would have thought it?
It's been fascinating to compare the leadership of different countries through this crisis. At this stage female leaders have my vote by some margin. You can't argue with that - can you? Here's an interesting article.
Anyway, I guess the next post will be when we have some travelling news. Goodness knows when we will see our Spanish home again; first we lose our European citizenship and now the world turns upside down. How will we all adjust to the new reality?
Let's just try and stay healthy.
Hasta Luego
