After more than a year of not having gone on any vacation, I was really looking forward to my seven-days-trip to Italy. All I wanted to do was enjoy the sun, have a swim in the pool and do some nice outdoor workouts. Of course, I also wouldn't say no to a nice glass of vino ;) So often, you start out with all these good intentions. However, in the…
I always wanted to go horse riding through the countryside. I had never even really been on a horse and still I thought that it must be magical, riding through the countryside and seeing the things from an upper level. Especially riding through the vineyards had always been a dream of mine. When we were on vacation in Umbria I finally had the…
Sometimes life is like a balloon ride. We have to get rid of old ballast first before we can fly, live and dream again. I actually didn't want to start this post with this cheesy greeting-card-like quote but it was totally fitting. This post today is not really fitness related, yet I wanted to share it with you. It sort of explains how I got to…
Last month I travelled to Italy for a long overdue holiday. Although I live in Europe, it was my first time in the country of Pizza, Pasta and Wine. As work was pretty stressful the weeks before my vacation, I was really looking forward to some quiet time. My dream was to work out in the morning, go for a swim, read a good book and pet the animals…
