Times change

Some update about recent happenings could be added here.

On last Friday (notice the carefully selected date) I got engaged with my girlfriend. It may have seemed as very sudden action but actually already after our first time meeting we were talking about ring sizes. Everything in our relationship has felt very natural. In the past I have been somewhat against engagement & marriage because I thought (and actually still do) that these things should not be considered important because they do not make relationship "better" anyhow. People often get trapped with ideas about their "status" and "role" when they go through these rituals. For me, they can be beautiful gestures & symbols but only thing what really matters is love. Rings that we now wear symbolize that love. Perhaps some other time I will try to write about love, now I just live it :)

Next month we're going to Switzerland for three week trekking vacation. We are going to do route called "Alpine Pass Route" - it goes through whole Switzerland in east-west direction from one border to another. Naturally there are lots of great sceneries on the way :) Whole route is something like 354 kilometers (which will feel lot longer on mountains) but we probably have to use bus on some less scenic sections so vacation will be relaxing enough. Also we'll use GPS to navigate the way and possibly seek some geocaches on the way. Funny thing is that I have never traveled with anyone for three weeks - times change indeed.