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Do you have a place that is your safe place?
The other day I had ended up mentally tired after a hard day and felt I needed to visit nature. Somewhere clear, vast, and green.
I was fortunate enough to grow up in a place surrounded by some hills with simple and beautiful trails available to the most. This is the Casupo Municipal Park, located in my hometown: Valencia, Venezuela.
This is a large park with several hills with different names. On this occasion, my boyfriend and I went to Cerro Marin in search of clearing our minds and stretching our bodies a bit.
We climbed a few meters, and quickly got views of the entire city.
One of the attractions of this municipal park is that the expansive views open up before your eyes just a few meters up, unlike some mountains in Merida -which is the city where I currently live- that you have to climb for a few hours to get such an unobstructed view.
I got a spot among some typical plants of the area where we had a beautiful view, and we sat there to rest. I thought about how many buildings and restaurants would like to have a view like the one we had at that moment (and for free, it should be noted).
While I was cleaning my boyfriend's hands to paint his nails, I mentioned to him that the Marin is my safe place.
I started climbing this small hill a few years ago and I have grown very fond of it, to the point that I want to have it tattooed on my chest. To me, it means home.
As we stood there with the whole city right under our feet, night was falling on us.
Another time, I probably would have been a little scared to be in that place without sunlight, however, I felt so comfortable that day that I told my boyfriend that we should stay a little longer, as I had never had a night view of the city from those heights.
And what a wonderful choice that was... The sky was getting painted with the typical pinkish colors of the Valencian sunsets and little by little it was getting darker. Everything was lighting up in front of me so I asked my boyfriend to keep quiet for a moment, just to appreciate those visuals from up there with all our senses.
What a beautiful gift El Marin gave us that day.
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¿Tienes algún lugar que sea tu lugar seguro?
El otro día había terminado cansada mentalmente luego de un día pesado y sentía que necesitaba visitar naturaleza. Algún sitio despejado, extenso y verde.
Tuve la fortuna de crecer en un lugar rodeado de algunos cerros con rutas sencillas, preciosas y disponibles para la mayoría. Se trata del Parque Municipal Casupo, ubicado en mi ciudad natal: Valencia, Venezuela.
Este es un parque grande que alberga varios cerros con diferentes nombres. En esta ocasión, mi novio y yo fuimos al cerro Marín en búsqueda de despejar la mente y estirar un poco el cuerpo.
Subimos unos pocos metros, y nos conseguimos rápidamente con vistas de toda la ciudad.
Uno de los atractivos de este parque municipal es que las amplias vistas hacia todas partes se abren ante tus ojos con solo subir unos pocos metros, a diferencia de algunas montañas en Mérida, que es la ciudad donde vivo actualmente, que debes subir durante unas cuantas horas para tener una vista tan despejada.
Conseguí un sitio entre algunas plantas típicas de la zona donde teníamos una preciosa vista de todas partes, y nos sentamos allí a reposar. Pensé en cuántos edificios y restaurantes quisieran tener una vista como la que nosotros teníamos en ese momento (y gratis, cabe acotar).
Mientras le limpiaba las manos a mi novio para pintarle las uñas, le menciono que el Marín es en definitiva mi safe place, mi lugar seguro.
Comencé a subir ese pequeño cerro desde hace unos años y le he agarrado un cariño enorme, al punto de que quiero llevarlo tatuado en mi pecho. Para mí, significa hogar.
Mientras estábamos allí con la ciudad entera justo bajo nuestros pies, la noche iba cayendo sobre nosotros.
En otra oportunidad, probablemente me hubiese asustado un poco por estar en ese lugar sin luz del sol, sin embargo, me sentía tan agusto ese día que le dije a mi novio que nos quedásemos un rato más, ya que nunca había tenido una vista nocturna de la ciudad desde esas alturas.
Y qué maravillosa elección... El cielo se iba pintando con los colores rosáceos típicos de los atardeceres valencianos y poco a poco se oscurecía. Todo se iba iluminando frente a mí así que le pedí a mi novio que guardásemos silencio un momento, solo para apreciar esas visuales desde allí arriba con todos nuestros sentidos.
Qué bonito regalo nos dio El Marín ese día.
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STOPEs interesante. Este hermoso paisaje sin duda merece probar esta aventura 😍 la atardecer 🌆 tiene su colores natural y me encanto que lograste capturar este momento.
Beautiful nature escape! The Marin Hill sounds like a special place. I can relate to having that one spot that feels like home. Cherish these moments.😊
I have this sometimes, I wish there were more places in the UK rather than just your local park.
Yeah, it's a blessing to have these kind of places at home. I guess you have other ways of clearing up your mind :)
A beautiful sight with my love one.