OK, so this week, you have a choice of two ’50 words’ – sometimes I write more than one, because of course there are many indelible ‘moments’ when travelling, and this week I couldn’t decide what mood I was in, so you have a bit of both – light and dark:
41. New Zealand
41.a
So there I am – girly heaven:
wallowing in an outdoor cast iron bath,
hot water swirling,
(bubbles of course)
champagne glass to hand.
Head lolling on the edge of the tub.
Admiring the endless mountainscape of the aptly named ‘Remarkables’.
Nothing but steam and immodesty between me and the view.
jpm
41.b.
On the Franz Josef Glacier, it’s all so unexpected.
The ice is not white, but an unearthly blue,
and it’s not cold and silent, but alive with unexpectedly human sounds
groaning, creaking, squealing, grinding.
I hold my breath,
step tentatively.
Somehow to still the lumbering giant:
Unstoppable author of landscapes
jpm
50 words for 50 countries 