With our love, we could save the world..

 

“With our love, we could save the world..
That's it really;

 it's all love,

 whichever way you look at it,

 it's all love. 

How much you can Get

 from each other 

and

 that's determined by 

how much you're Giving 

to each other...

 But it all starts Within our self 

and

 then it spreads to those around us,

 Good & Bad. 

But basically that's it,

 I think it's the Love

 that we can generate 

is = to the Love that we get back.”

- George Harrison

A moment of wisdom

 

IF

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
-- Rudyard Kipling

Birthday Al-Andalus

You know how I used to publish those Birthday-gifts-wish-list before my birthdays.

 I think nobody ever read them

 because 

I never got presents delivered in front my door!

 (maybe because I didn't mention the address

...maybe because 

...I actually didn't have a permanent address: Madrid, Paris, New York!

 I always ended up in those "random" 

or not so random places

 in random or not so random,

 (actually pretty well known clubs around the world),

 surrounded by a bunch of models

 who happened to be in the same town and weren't necessarily my friends,

 but they all sang "Happy Birthday"for me....(well some are still my friends actually)

I don't think even my parents knew where to deliver my present except for my bank account! Sad! And all my fault!I thought it's kind of cool to end up in a random place with random people on your birthday...

It is a very lonely job this one and you create your own little family around the world...

Well to cut the long story short:

 Eventually somehow I used to get pretty much all the things I wished for in my lists...You know:

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. - Paulo Coelho

 

 Well, this year I didn't post any wish list so I didn't expect any presents,

 but i had the most delightful and nice,

 romantic and amazing 

Birthday present ever!
 Andalusia!

 Now that I am getting older I realize that the only important thing really is to be surrounded by people you love and people who love you and really care about you. 

It doesn't have to be in New York or in Paris or on the Moon.

It's your special day and it's important to know that you make a difference to somebody. 

It took me 20-something years to understand that one...

View over Seville from the Giralda Bell Tower

The swimming pool and rooftop bar of EME hotel spotted from the Giralda

The Gardens of Alcazar Palace in Seville

Dessert selection in El Caballo Rojo, just opposite the Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba

El Caballo Rojo

Oh and one more thing: As I love social experiments I removed my birth date from FB and you know how many people called or texted? Hmmm let's say 10. But at least I know that those are the people who really knew when my birthday was and really wished me something from their heart....

Around the Cathedral of Seville

A Spanish wedding, one of many seen for 3 days...

The Tomb of Columbus in the Seville Cathedral

Seville Cathedral

...Ok, maybe a little bit less than 10.

I just don't want to admit I have so few real friends.

Climbing  "La Giralda", a former minaret converted into a bell tower

 But this is not important, I know that many people are so overwhelmed with their lives and jobs that they don't have any clue what months we are, not to speak for a date...

 And to be honest:

 I've passed that age, when I was counting the days to my birthday

 and

 couldn't sleep the night before

 and 

couldn't wait for my parents to bring the cake 

and 

couldn't wait for my friends to arrive so we can play all day...

Cordoba

 If I only knew back then, 

that one day you lose this excitement

 and natural happiness,

I would have forced myself to enjoy my birthdays twice harder back then to catch up for all my life...

The Murallas, the city walls of Seville

Seville Cathedral

Maria Luisa Park Seville

In Maria Luisa Park Seville

Plaza de España in Maria Luisa Park Seville

"Royal Alcazars of Seville"

"Royal Alcazars of Seville", originally a Moorish fort

"Royal Alcazars of Seville"

"Royal Alcazars of Seville", oldest royal palace still in use in Europe

Outside the Cathdral-Mosque, Cordoba

Cathedral Mosque Cordoba

Cathedral Mosque Cordoba

Cathedral Mosque Cordoba

Cathedral Mosque Cordoba

Cathedral Mosque Cordoba

Calle de las Flores, Cordoba

There is one thing about happiness: it comes from within.

Neither a promotion, losing weight, finding a soul mate, writing a book, nor becoming a billionaire, will ensure happiness.
Nothing ensures happiness. No destination is great enough. No dream come true will do.
Because happiness, that's not present at the start of a journey will not be present at its end.  

IBIZA

I was recently talking about the best parties in our lives

 and 

how they are not somewhere else but they are where we are

 and 

bla bla! 

Forget about that bullshit:

I think I've been to the best parties in my life already. 

Maybe it's because I was there! 

Anyway, this was one of them 

and

 now I know what's the whole hype about Ibiza, so it's ticked off my list!

chilling by the pool

Blue Marlin

lunch@Blue Marlin

Blue Marlin

#weird choice for a tattoo seen @Blue Marlin

sunset captured from Blue Marlin

sunset captured from Blue Marlin

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

This is how you observe the party@ Ushuaïa from the balcony when they don't let you in

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

The girl with the huge bottle on her shoulder@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Swedish House Mafia@Ushuaïa

Generally speaking,

I don't have any problems to complain about in my life

 unless some of the most common ones in our era:

Most common of which, even right now, is the last one!!!!

Just came up with a new problem that's not on that list!
Namely:
Why is that last picture so freaking small and how do I make it bigger so people can read it?

Anyway, here is a sneaky preview

Just want to say thanks to everyone who was there and everyone who made that possible!