Julikova in Moscow

Julikova in Sharm...

Just got back from the airport and boy, I tell ya, it was one hell of a vacation! I don’t think I've ever had such a great time.

Looks like God has his own ways of dealing with people and whenever he makes something bad and you haven’t deserved it — there will always be something good that will heal your wounds... That was Sharm for me. When we got there I understood we were in Heaven.

I don't even know with what to start and what story to tell — the whole trip has left an unforgettable impression and my views on life have changed thanks to some great people I've met; and surely the memories will be in my heart till the next time which will be in a year. We've decided to make it a tradition.

The Red Sea takes over your soul. When you're sitting on the edge of the yacht you have a desire to hug the whole sea plus the sun and the mountains. When you're under the water you forget that you're human and for a while you can actually feel that you're a part of something great and mysterious, something that a "normal" person would never notice...

One night I was sitting in this beautiful place on a mountain having my beer, the sun had come down already but the light of the moon made the night quite bright. The breeze from the sea tickling your face and the sound of the waves as if it's trying to tell you something. That night I was told a story of the whale shark. A giant beast but absolutely harmless. If I'm not mistaken could be seen in some 60m under water. The diver, a wise intelligent Egyptian who spend a lot of years abroad but still came back to dive in Sharm... but that's a different story, told us that he looked back under water to find his friends facing him and behind them he saw a great body, as he says — it was like a train, a huge long train and nobody could stop it. For me it was something incredible to sit and talk with somebody who saw the whale shark. Especially after I tried diving myself. Oh yes, that day I will definitely remember till the rest of my life.

We spent the whole day on the yacht stopping at beautiful places to do some snorkeling or to dive. For me to go under water with all the equipment was a very big step. As I'm afraid of heights, one can imagine what's going on with my heart when I look down to the bottom from the surface of the sea. You understand that you can't fall down but the illusion of that happening does not want to leave you. Taking that dive made me overcome myself and my fears once again and proved to me that I'm another step closer to being that strong person of what I've always wanted to be.

Every day was a great day there. Every day made me understand how beautiful life is. I fell in love. I fell in love with Sharm — passionately and desperately. Every breath I took, every time I've touched the sea — I knew that it was real and that it's beautiful.

Sharm gave me Freedom... it set my soul free and taught me not to be afraid of it. It opened my eyes and made me forget about all the dark stripes we have and taught me to notice the white ones. To be happy with every day that I live and to learn a lesson from all the bad that's happening instead of allowing it to pull you down to the bottom. "I won't go down with this ship..."

Well and one last thing for those curious who were asking us if we got laid every night or not — hi Iverson ;) — I can tell you that the men there are as hot as you can't even imagine and that their romantic ways make you feel like you're the Queen of the Universe.