Karen, Author at Just Go Pink!

Thai massage, or the (not so subtle) art of torture

Posted on November 19, 2019January 14, 2020 by Karen

One of the things Thailand is famous for is the Thai massages. There’s a place here in the village of Doi Saket, and Heike calls them for us and arranges for an appointment at 1 o’clock. We take the scooter and drive there in less than ten minutes. [caption id="attachment_5545" ...read more

Exploring Chiang Mai

Posted on November 18, 2019January 17, 2020 by Karen

Mondays and Thursdays, a cleaning lady and two gardeners come to take care of the house and garden. They will also look after Wan and Dtaem if necessary, for the dogs are young and not used to being alone for longer than 30 minutes. So those are the days Heike ...read more

Our first day in Doi Saket

Posted on November 17, 2019January 14, 2020 by Karen

Indeed, the dogs wake us at 6:30. Christophe congratulates me on my 50th birthday and gives me a lovely card with a beautiful and sweet text. He had already given me a gift before we left Barcelona. I had asked for a book (La Permaculture en Pratique) that’s too heavy ...read more

Visiting Bangkok’s Chatuchak Weekend Market

Posted on November 16, 2019January 14, 2020 by Karen

We wake up at 7, drift off to sleep again, and finally get up at 9. You have to give some leeway to jetlag, right? We take breakfast next door. Christophe has porridge of oats and coconut milk with banana, and I have yoghurt with muesli and loads of fruits, ...read more

Site seeing Bangkok; the Grand Palace and Wat Pho

Posted on November 15, 2019January 14, 2020 by Karen

As we leave the hostel to go site seeing, we immediately come across our first tempel. It's almost literally at spitting distance from the hostel. We marvel at the beauty of it. The eye for detail with which it is decorated. And the fact that it has no window panes... ...read more

Bangkok here we come!

Posted on November 15, 2019January 14, 2020 by Karen

Finally, the day has come. We wake up at 5:10h, 5 minutes before any of the three alarms go off, and get up, get dressed and finish our backpacks. We had planned to leave without jackets, since we certainly won’t need those in Asia. But it’s raining and we don’t ...read more

A week in Gavà; deliveries in Spain

Posted on September 25, 2019October 20, 2019 by Karen

We flew back to Barcelona on Monday evening. The plane was delayed by almost two hours, so it was almost 10 o’clock in the evening when we arrived at the apartment in Gavà. [caption id="attachment_5405" align="aligncenter" width="870"] Sunset seen from the airplane[/caption] Tuesday morning, we slept in (a bit). We ...read more

21st International Ayurveda Symposium

Posted on September 17, 2019September 22, 2019 by Karen

The day after the Ayurveda Symposium... We’re sitting on the terrace of the KIS-hotel in Bad Soden - Salmünster (Germany) as I am writing this. It’s 11 o’clock, cloudy, and 16 degrees Celsius. But it’s not really cold and the sun seems to be just on the verge of making ...read more

Pet-sitting Bella and Archie in Adeje, Tenerife

Posted on September 12, 2019September 22, 2019 by Karen

Last week, we were pet-sitting Bella and Archie in Adeje for the third time this year. Those two Jack Russel terriers are such a joy to be around! They are well behaved and full of energy. They obliged us to get out of the house at least once a day ...read more

Three month summary

Posted on September 8, 2019September 18, 2019 by Karen

They say time flies when you’re having fun. Well, it does… We haven’t written a single blog in over three months. Shame on us! We’ve just been very busy and traveling a lot. So let’s recap those three months, and we’ll take it from there. Tenerife We left Andalucia to ...read more

Summary of our stay in Andalusia

Posted on May 28, 2019June 24, 2019 by Karen

We left the Finca this morning with a tear and a smile. A tear, because we are really sorry to be leaving. If it wasn’t for our next commitment, we would have stayed for another month. We are surely going to miss Marion and Aldo, the animals and the Finca! ...read more

Sevilla: Feria de Abril

Posted on May 10, 2019May 23, 2019 by Karen

This week is the Feria de Abril (April Fair) in Sevilla and we’ve decided to go there today. After a 75 minute drive we park the car at the outskirts of town and take the metro to go to the city center. It takes us a lot of time to ...read more

Lost and found: a postcard from Andalusia

Posted on May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 by Karen

We found a postcard in one of the other apartments here. Apparently, someone intended to send a postcard, but lost the card before it was sent. It has a name and address on it, but no text. So we don’t know who bought it. Neither do we know how long ...read more

Cordoba: Battle of the Flowers

Posted on May 5, 2019May 9, 2019 by Karen

Normally, the alarm goes off at 6:30 and we allow ourselves until about 7 o’clock before getting up to do our yoga and meditation before breakfast. Not today though, for today we are going to Cordoba. And that’s a long drive (almost 2,5 hours) from here, so we’d better get ...read more

Filly in distress; a matter of life and death

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Karen

Friday was a day off for us, and we went touring to explore the southern most part of Spain. Upon our return at the end of the day, Marion and Aldo were still here and we exchanged information. In our absence, a Spanish woman had brought her 11-month old filly ...read more

Just Go Pink!

A nomadic pair of non-conformists ;-)

Author: Karen