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Sally coming back home after being bullied at school and she just drops her bag to give her brothers a very big hug

Aww the poor girl <//33

Whoever did that to her definitely did not know who her older brothers are lol. Hero would have to talk Kel out of beating up a 5 year old

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Welcome to cowboy country

So yesterday involved nought but a dreary & rainy bu trip to Salento, which took not the two hour advertised but SIX GODDAMN HOURS. All these long bus journeys are playing absolute havoc with my messed up knee. I am glad I am the kind of person that can fall asleep on busses BUT the downside of that is I wake up with excruciating leg pain from lack of movement. Gotta just power through & get it all checked out when I’m home. Looking like that might not be too far away as the funds are dwindling rapidly (sadface). 

We’ve teamed up with Linzee & Lucy from our hostel in Cali so we went out for dinner with them last night at a place all decorated with cowboy stuff which I assumed was just a gimmick but it seems Salento is fully cowboy countryside, Colombia. It’s a tiny town surrounded by miles & miles of farmland, mountains, & coffee plantations. There are more horses on the roads than cars. The views from our hostel are pretty epic, so much greenery. The weather here is pretty chilly after the sun goes down. Suddenly wish I had a wider selection of warmer clothes but simultaneously chuffed & amazed that I have not needed them until now - it’s OCTOBER!! And it was still so sunny today that I was roasting in a sports bra & leggings!!

We made a mission to an organic coffee farm today for a little tour - much like Sam’s farm, this is a place run by a very small team & everything is done by hand - no chemicals, no industrial machinery, just old-skool coffee making. Very interesting stuff - they use avocado trees to shade the coffee plants & also so the avocados can fertilise the soil which almost made me sob to see all these sad avo’s just rotting away on the ground, never to fulfil their delicious avo toast destinies. Lots of fruits are grown on the coffee farm to distract the birds & insects from eating the coffee beans. Also lots of beautiful flowers so hummingbirds will come & help pollinate stuff. Circle of life & all that. 

I tasted a freshly popped coffee bean which is covered in a sweet sticky honey when it comes out of its little shell, & is pale greenish in colour. After that, they’re washed & stirred & stirred & washed in a big tub of water until all the sticky honey comes off. Step 3 is drying them out either on a rooftop (which is a bit risky as they have to be covered instantly at the first drop of rain) or in a greenhouse. When they’re good & dry they get roasted until they turn the beautiful dark brown & shiny colour you are used to seeing. I honestly had no idea that they didn’t pop out of their little pods this way & suddenly realised this is what people mean by ‘medium roast’ etc which made me feel pretty dumb but you just don’t question where your food comes from when you can just buy everything at Sainsburys (also I never drank coffee before this trip so it wasn’t necessarily at the forefront of my mind). THEN the beans get ground to make coffee - I got to grind a batch myself which we then drank, & it was delicious, clearly down to my finesse at grinding up them beans (lol, not). 

On our way back from the coffee farm tour we saw a sign advertising delicious Colombian food & free games of Tejo (which we had read about & wanted to try) so we dusted down a little dirt road to a sort-of restaurant/sort-of bar/some peoples’ family home & had what felt like a very authentic local experience; we got yummy home-cooked food (very gratefully received as I’d been kinda sick the night before & then slept super badly because of stomach pain & weird nightmares so I hadn’t eaten breakfast), a couple beers & played Tejo with a super sweet 12 year old kid called Felipe. The game is kiiiiinda like Aunt Sally in that involves throwing this heavy disk thing to but instead of knocking a ball off a pole you’re trying to smash these little ceramic triangles. It was super fun even though we utterly sucked at it - Felipe schooled us so hard. He was literally the cutest little dude ever. The family owned a bunch of horses so after lunch he saddled one of them up & took us for little rides up & down the drive. Then we played the most ridiculous game of pool ever because the table was on a really uneven floor so regardless of our pool skills (which are minimal in the first place) all the balls kept rolling into the corner anyway. It was so fun; it felt like just being at someone’s house as opposed to a restaurant, we were the only people there & the family we so so hospitable it was very sweet. 

This evening has been spent watching Colombia qualify for the 2018 world cup, which was actually pretty cool as football is HUGE here & everyone gets really into it. I’m now wrapped in a blanket writing this from our hostel room -  the rest of the gals went out for dinner but I’m still feeling a bit ropey so I decided to bow out this evening. Tomorrow we’re off on an all day trek so I’m hoping to catch up on some of the sleep I missed last night so I’m nice & ready to destroy my body all over again… at least in a good way this time. 

Only a week left in Colombia which I’m really sad about because this has really been my favourite place so far, helped surely by the fact that we’ve had such a long time here to explore it & travel around. Excited to link up with Gabby again though in Ecuador, & then VERY excited that my oldest & bestest bestie Hannah has just booked a flight to come join us in Brazil in December & January. Woot! 

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17 questions!

Tagged by @sarcasmisalifechoice I love you queen you’re the bestest!!!!!!

1. Nickname: my friends call me Juls and my family Julieta but it’s mostly Julia for everyone (tbt to when I lived in the uk and I had to go by Julia pronounced the English way because they didn’t know how to say Julia.... a Starbucks barista wrote Hoolia in my cup... the disrespect...)

2. Zodiac sign: ok so officially I’m a virgo because: September 22, but since I was born at 11pm I’m technically a Virgo-libra cusp which means that I have traits from both signs which may actually be true or maybe it’s just that I’m a Virgo with adhd

3. Height: 1,61 m average height etc

4. House: hufflepuff!

5. Last thing I googled: “my job here is done meme”

6. Song stuck in my head: drivers license by Olivia Rodrigo I mean yeah

7. Follower count: I literally have no idea I think last time I checked it was around 800???? But that was while Eskam was still airing so probably around 400 at best

8. Amount of sleep: 8 hours I love my 8 hours I need my 8 hours

9. Lucky number: just don’t have one

10. Dream job: I would love to work as a costume designer AND seamstress (specially for theatre and ballet) or own a flower shop I’m not picky

11. Wearing: leggings sweater and wooly socks we love lockdown fashion

12. Favourite author: Patti Smith (finished just kids yesterday and I don’t know how to live my life anymore) and Sally Rooney

13. Favourite instrument: either piano or saxophone

14. Aesthetic: idk if this is classified as an aesthetic but like the princess bubblegum/Amy/Jules lesbian but without the goth girlfriend :(

15. Favourite song: the lakes by taylor swift and ta reine by Angèle

16. Favourite animal noise: when you’re petting a cat and you stop but they want more so they do that sound

17. Random: I did ballet until I was 15 years old and even auditioned for a ballet school but I obviously didn’t get in and got so mad that stopped doing ballet altogether (and I really regret it)

I’m not tagging anyone because I’m sure y’all have already done this lol but if you see it and want to do it then I tag you!

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Baby Sally headbutting her brothers until they pick her up and give her cuddles

Wwewwwwwwhhwhwhwwhhwhwhwhwhwheheheehhehehwhwheeheh (my attempt at recreating the affectionate squeal(?) that I just made)

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Toddler Sally hitting other kids when they try to get near her brothers (extremely overprotective, brain not developed, much worse morals)

Awww 🥺🥺 <3

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Hero bringing Sally to his college one day for a "bring your siblings to school" day and she's torn between wanting to befriend some of the other kids and staying by Hero's side and giving him well deserved hugs.

Aww <3

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Sally but she has separation anxiety and autophobia and refuses to be left alone by her brothers unless Kel's partners or Mari, or her bestfriend is there

🥺🥺🥺😭🥺😭🥺🥺🥺 the widdle girl ever <33

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Little Sally crying and refusing to eat until her brothers come back home

Aww, poor baby <3

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Sally giving her big brother's forehead kisses and hugs before they go and leave the house because she loves them very very much

She loves them so sosososoooooo much <333333

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Sally's most overused words being "I love you", "Brother" "Big brother" "Bro" "Big bro" "Hero" and "Kel"

Awww <3333333