Cucumber, Basil & Lemon Water

 

She jumps out of bed, puts the shorts and her new sneakers on and dashes down the stairs. She takes her bicycle from the cellar. It hasn't been moved from the last summer, so, she needs to check the tires and do everything else what her grandfather taught her. A bit later she smiles, everything seems to be in the right order. 

She decides(spontaneously, as always) where she wants to go this early, but still extremely beautiful morning. The lake. That magic place where she used to go every evening several years ago. It's a 25 kilometers distance, forth and back. It shouldn't be too hard, she decides. But she's wrong. She's forgotten that one and only hill that requires so much strength. 

She takes a deep breath and starts riding. After a few minutes of fighting with herself, she makes it. She stands on the top of the hill and can't believe how amazing the lake looks. The fog and the sunrise makes it more special. She rides down the hill and looks around. Except the narrow wooden broken bridge, everything looks the same.

She lies on the grass, stretches her arms and legs out. She feels the dew with every single piece of her body. After a few seconds, she rapidly stands up and takes her clothes off. She looks around once again to make sure nobody is nearby and runs into the water. It's cold, but she likes it for the first time in her life. She swims several hundred meters away from the shore. Then, she breaths deeply for a minute and dives down to the bottom. She spends too much time under the water trying to do tumbles, so, when she reaches the surface she's gasping for air. She overturns and floats on her back watching three birds playing in the sky. What could be a better way to relax, she ask herself a rhetorical question.

She swims back to the shore and puts her clothes on. The sun's gone now and it's about time it starts to rain. But she doesn't care about that. The cold water cleared her mind. She hasn't felt that happy for a long time. She smiles. She knows how she's going to start all the mornings until it's time for her to leave.

The recipe:

Cucumber, Basil & Lemon Water(makes 1-2 glasses)

Ingredients:

a few slices of cucumber

a few slices of lemon(or you can use lemon juice)

a few leaves of basil

1-2 glasses of water

some ice cubes

Instructions:

1. Wash and slice both the cucumber and the lemon. Rip a few leaves of basil. Put everything in the jug, add ice cubes and, finally, pour the water in.(You may also flavour the drink with some brown sugar.) Place the jug in the fridge and keep it there for a few hours.

Enjoy!

(The source of the recipe: this blog :))