Hiya Sir Phil

It’s been a while, I thought I’d send you through a TGIF with an update of my incredible life. I know it is only Monday (Tuesday here in Australia) so feel free to use it anytime you like.

Maggie from the 6 ways to Santiago Camino Doco has asked me to blog for them, I am so honoured.

Photo attached of me on my new balcony, in my new chair in Sydney.

I hope all is well with you? What is your facetime # or your skype address? then I can call you sometime.

Love you, Cherry xxx

I have moved to the Big Smoke, Sydney. I’m so stoked to be here. This city has everything you could ever want and so much more. I have city views from my balcony which sees the sun all day. I can walk to the beach or the city in less than an hour. I can ride my push bike through the parks and discover new neighbourhoods with cute cafes, bars and any kind of cuisine you taste buds desire.
The initial reason for coming here was to house sit for my very dear friend Anita. After hearing me rave about Camino de Santiago, she booked 7 weeks holidays from her job and within a month was in St John Pied de Port to start off on the Way.

Now that I am here, I think I’ll stay on even after my pilgrim friend returns. I can’t get enough of the energy and opportunity and excitement of being here. I was in a bar the other night enjoying $3 tacos and beers. Everywhere I looked all I could see was beautiful people. Beautiful people of all different shapes, sizes, styles, races, cultures and genders. I felt so exhilarated to be surrounded by such diversity, it was truly beautiful.

But I do know for me that nothing is ever permanent. Who knows if I’ll still be here at the end of the year. And that doesn’t matter anyway because I am living in the now and the now is wonderful and the now is here and I love Sydney.

(In reality no two two persons could be more unalike than My Cherry and myself but we share a certain enthusiasm and loyality that draws us close.  Here is one of Annie’s definitions of love that could apply equally  to the both of us:

“Love is when

you tell a guy you love his shirt ,

then he wears it everyday.”

Noelle

age 7

Hey, thanks for the day off Cherry.  And that’s the way it is on the fifteenth of May in the year of Our Lord 2015.  You are always with me, Sir Phil.) (Perfect!)