I can resist everything except temptation. ~Oscar Wilde~
It was a silent day this Wednesday. Ulrica wanted to meet me before she is leaving back to Sweden. She can’t resist the heat very well and stayed mostly in her apartment after the morning for the last few weeks. I was in the Ashram at 08:30, and we would meet at 09:30 here. She said we could go to Akash Inn, they have air conditioning. So we did. We had a small breakfast with Dosa or Puri.
After breakfast, I showed her the Ganapati library, a small hidden library behind a temple. You need to know the code for opening the lock. You can either donate books here or borrow them. Some books you can take for free.
We started driving back to Perumbakkam Road, and I dropped her near her apartment. I didn’t feel like doing anything except reading and writing a bit. Then I had an early nap around lunch. I wasn’t even hungry. I just had my last tomato and a little piece of cheese.
Before I left for the Ashram, I heard Kalai’s voice from the ground floor. I went down and paid her the last 10.000 Rupees rent for 20 days in March.
Before entering the Ashram, I bought some samosas or something similar at the street stand near the Ashram. They are tasty, round balls. I had a chai on the other side of the road. As they owed me 10 Rupees from yesterday, I didn’t pay for the chai today. There is always a lack of change in India.
I spent some time in the Ashram meditating at Bhagavan’s shrine. Somehow, I still wasn’t hungry in the evening. I bought some ice cream for my freezer; it’s always good to have some. I wasn’t sure if I should buy a bus ticket from Lisbon to Portimão. There is one bus at 19:30 for €5,95 and one bus at 21:00 for €5,45. The first bus would arrive at 23:00 in Portimão, the next one at 01:00 the next morning. From Portimão, I can get a taxi or Uber to Quinta Alta Vista in Monchique. The other option would be to stay one night in Lisbon and get a bus the next morning. I booked the bus at 19:30, not sure if I will be on time.
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