Holiday Inn Hasselt

... suspect that I may already have been coming down with something, as I will explain later. On my first day there, I met their lovely housekeeper Monica, and her daughter Jamie. Jamie is in Year 12 and just attempting to gain entry to Oxford University - quite an initimidating concept, and we had a good talk about what she wanted to study (philosophy, economics and politics) and what Oxford wants her to do to gain entry. All 5 of us went out for a nice Chinese/Japanese lunch, and ...

Once in Elsloo, we stopped to find postcards (having completely missed the observations again), only to find that the only card shop was closed that afternoon.

Up the road a bit, and Kieran was dropping a card into the door of a Landy enthusiast they had met on the recce. The guy turned up at that moment, and so we were invited in for a refreshing cold drink. The Landyprikkers overtook us at that point, and went on their way. We then ...

... de Uyuni. Alsof je een andere planeet binnentreedt, nog nooit zoveel witheid en wijdsheid gezien. - het durven om de claustrofobisch lage gangen van de mijnen van Potosí, die asbest bevatten en een zeer laag zuurstofgehalte, in te kruipen. - het pannenkoekenafscheidsfeest in Sucre omdat ik de rest van de bende verliet om verder te reizen. - heel Bolivië met haar hoogtes en laagtes, het zware leven en de armoede daar. - een boottochtje op het ...

... museum, and bought a chocolate pen at the gift shop. What did I do in the meantime? Well... Saturday I got to the hostel, went to the bar and started chatting to these two Aussies. Turns out they were from Frankston, in fact South Frankston so probably less than 5 mins drive from Mum and Dad's (soon to be former) house. We went to a festival called Polé Polé down on the beach, ended up losing each other which was to be expected and ...

... to all that Dutch colonial imperialism in the then Dutch East Indies a few centuries ago, spotting Indonesian restuarants in the Netherlands was about as difficult as spotting druggies at a rave party. And if this particular restuarant is indicative of the others then finding a superb meal is no more difficult – even though the Dutch menu didn’t give us too many hints on exactly what we were choosing.

Dit is de start van een nieuw leven! Een jaar lang weg uit de omgeving die voor mij gedurende 18 jaar zo bekend is geworden. Die bekende omgeving ga ik nu verlaten en ga nieuwe horizonten opzoeken. Spannend? Eng? Ik denk een beetje van beiden. Maar dat wil niet zeggen dat ik het niet meer zie zitten.

De laatste dagen zijn hier wel wat vreemd geweest, de dag komt ook zo dichtbij. Afscheidsfeestje is geweest voor vrienden en familie. Want ik ga ...

... for a delicious breakfast even though she just came back home I would like to thank my family and husband for giving me the opportunity to make this trip. Not only did I get the chance to see Berlin, Poland and Lithuania but I also learned some valuable lessons. On the Hill of Crosses I felt very close to Nick and I received lots of support from Frank and Regita. I learned that friendship ...

... a camping mat. In every shop I asked about the different qualities of sleeping bags and I bought one that guaranteed up to + 4°. In the meantime I had my hair cut short and filled my toilet bag (not a beauty-case) with mini-versions of deodorant etc. I'm still thinking about what clothes I should bring. This time I can't bring a suitcase filled with 7 pairs of shoes, skirts, blouses and shirts. Instead I need to make a realistic choice.

... en bezienswaardigheden in en rond Hasselt. Ik kreeg een lijst van Frank van dingen die ik MOET meenemen en van dingen die ik NIET MAG meenemen. De meeste dingen had ik zelfs niet en zo begon de zoektocht naar een slaapzak en een fakirmatje. In elke winkel ging ik vragen naar uitleg over de verschillende kwaliteiten van de slaapzakken en ik kocht er mij ...

... Dominic one isnt working anymore... and to few others. I do wonder if someone has accessed my email though mm :\ I miss Gil, I really feel great with her and forget about most of my past things... but im really thinking and sure it will finish on the same way ..:( --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ----------- October 26 We got up really early and only 15 minutes later we were gone to the city. I ...