Whether we can get to Istanbul through Zurich. Basel flight was cancelled due to weather conditions in Istanbul. We’ll try the 6 pm from Zurich.
Travel
Travels with Lulu
CC with a BMC bike
As most of you know, Chris has been an Ambassador for Lululemon for years. He started with the Beverly Hills store, and over the last two years since we’ve been traveling so much, he’s been doing a lot of work with the head office as well. A couple of weeks ago he was asked to join Lululemon to give the gift of yoga to the employees of BMC in Grenchen, Switzerland. He of course agreed and we had a great time. One day they took three from our group on a bike ride through the mountains. Everyone thought it was going to be a quick ride around the block just so we can experience the bikes, but it ended up being a 2-hour ride, most of which was uphill. I must say I was impressed with Chris’ performance.
London Yoga Show Grounds
We then went to London all together to participate in the Yoga Show there. Chris taught a workshop at Indaba Yoga during the week, and then we spent the weekend at the Lululemon at the Yoga Show. Chris also taught a few 30-minute classes throughout the weekend.
Back in Istanbul
Chris came to Istanbul a couple of days ago and he’s been talking about his trip non-stop! Â He first went to Hong Kong to teach a couple of workshops, and he managed to get caught in a level 8 typhoon while he was there. Everything was closed; except for Starbucks of course. And the yoga studio. =)
Then he went to Singapore to teach at True Yoga. No typhoon there…
Last stop was Bali, Radiantly Alive.
He is now back in Istanbul and we’ll start Level 1 Teacher Training this Friday.
We also have our great friend and amazing teacher Nico Luce coming to Istanbul to teach classes on the Bhagavad Gita at Cihangir Yoga next week. Absolutely looking forward to that.
And me? I’ve been cooking…
Flying Traveller
We are both at the airport in Vancouver right now-Chris is going to Hong Kong and I am going to Istanbul. As much as I would like to say we are more organized than the guy in the above picture* we do sometimes feel like this. Constantly on the way somewhere. We have lots of tricks we learned along the way that make things easier, but it’s still a lot to coordinate it all.
As some of you know, we have been renting the same apartment in Vancouver for the last three years or so. Over time they have become a little less appreciative of our business, so we decided to make a change. We tried out a new apartment this time and we like this one a lot better. Everything is better quality and cleaner, the apartment is slightly bigger, and the landlady is more pleasant to work with. We gave her all our dates through 2012 and hopefully she’ll be able to accommodate us.
Our flights have been a little complicated lately as well. Chris’ current itinerary:
Vancouver-Hong Kong
Hong Kong-Singapore
Singapore-Bali
Bali-Istanbul (through Singapore and Hong Kong on the way back)
He will be teaching classes in all three locations; first time teaching yoga in Asia. Really looking forward to it.
I am going to Istanbul (through Toronto) to have two weeks off. I’m planning on sleeping, running (I think I will run the 8K for the Eurasia Marathon on the 16th), cooking and practicing lots of yoga. That’s the plan for now anyway. I’m really never truly off from work, just off from traveling.
Then we’ll meet back in Istanbul for the level one TT there.
All this in just two weeks!
* I absolutely love this sculpture. It is by Patrick Amiot and Brigitte Laurent, and it’s inside the domestic terminal at the Vancouver airport.
