It is now April 21^st and the air flight ban due to the volcanic ash has been lifted. I am on the Tube on the way to the bus, which will take me to my plane ,which will take me home. As I was walking down to the Tube I saw a plane in the sky, I can honestly say I have never been so happy in my life to see a plane in the sky.

After three weeks here I am almost all English again, using all the phrases that will confuse the Northern Americans, my alcohol tolerance has increased rather a bit and my diet has gone down hill with my daily intake of mini pork pies and a packet (or two) of crisps.

Some things in England are simply better. You can buy booze in the supermarket, GMO foods are listed on packaging, Gluten-free is catered for a lot in store-bought products, and as a culture in London people take more risks than in ‘safe’ Vancouver (I never saw one iphone with a protective case on it in London which I have never seen in Vancouver). Vancouver is calmer, has more spectacular scenery than say London, accommodation is way cheaper and people are lets say more open minded than in the UK.

That said I am looking forward to going home with a ‘feather of curiosity in my hat’. I have missed my family terribly and can  not to wait to see, hug and spend time with them. But I am not fully excited to return to Vancouver as a city. I am curious to see how I will feel about the city, about what it has to offer, what will I choose to visit and appreciate – or will I allow myself to be swallowed back into everyday life living from one day to the next.

Going to the countryside yesterday made me want more of that with my family. To spend the weekends enjoying the beauty that Vancouver and British Columbia has to offer.

This trip has been amazing to reconnect to family and friends.

To spend time in my homeland has ‘recharged my batteries’ and has ‘lit a fire in my belly’ to want more in my life whilst at the same time stopping along the way to smell the flowers and to appreciate the beauties that surrounds me every single day.

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