City Girl in the Country

One of the things that really tickle Martin and I is that I’m a hardcore city girl, while he’s more into nature and the countryside.

While Martin doesn’t live in the ‘country’, 10 minutes away is the country.  Since I go to his place most weekends, I get the chance to really indulge myself.

It’s really really nice. He’s also having fun exposing me to his lifestyle.

Here are some photos to document my new found country-love:

I used to be afraid of sheep, but here I am picking grass for them to eat, and I actually touched them too ^_^.

They are so precious and curious.

Just before this next picture was taken, Martin and I had this conversation:

J: Can cows run fast?

M: Uhh, yeah. [thinking it was a joke-question]

J: Really?

M: Yeah. They have long, strong legs. They can run faster than you can.

And then the 2 baby calves we had stopped to observe, got up, played with each other, and ran off into the sun together!

^This is my happy expression after witnessing it. It was quite magical! You just can’t see stuff like this in the city.

We then found an open field with some hay rolls, jumped on them, and rolled them too. Martin rolled it while I was on top, making me feel like a hamster on the wrong side of the running wheel! We were giggling like little kids. FUN TIMES!

Next is the cute guy who took all the pictures above. He’s enjoying a refreshing ice cream after a 3+ hour bike tour of the countryside with me. We really had a good workout in the hot sun.

So thanks to Martin, I’m a converted country lover! I still love the city, of course, but I have a stronger appreciation for rural and smaller towns now. Which I thought was impossible before.