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- didn't sleep much during the flight
- arrived at FRA airport right on time at 15:00
- got sniffed by customs dogs right after exiting the airplane
- customs took their time searching claimed baggage very thoroughly for over 1 hour until baggage finally arrived at the carousel
- caught the booked highspeed train right on time Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany oreichenmiller

Hey guys! So, despite Grandma's continuous push for me to blog more, I really haven't been keeping up with it very well. I think most of the people reading this have a facebook and have been able to keep up with me via that but, for those of you who haven't, here goes. My plan to hang out in Germany for a year and "take a break" so to speak has ...

In exactly one week I will start my trip to China. Until the end of June I will be in Beijing for a Chinese language course. That will be followed by several weeks of travelling in China with my brother. In August I'll return to the Netherlands via Kuala Lumpur and London.
So next Sunday I will fly to Moscow and travel overland from there to...

Yesterday between classes, I took a walk around the grounds. (It beat the hell of out Frankie Carter Park, I can certainly tell you that.) A few inches of snow had fallen the night before, wrapping the castle in a thick fluffy white. I walked alone along the castle's perimeter, and heard little wings flapping in the trees, and watched the snow s...

Ok, I've packed my travel bag, which is - hopefully - not more than 15 kilos, because during the domestic flights in Argentina, no more than that is allowed as checked baggage.
Carry-on will be my small back-pack with all the important documents.
I'm pretty tired now, but I've set 2(!) alarms, so that I won't miss my train to FRA airport...

Alright folks, sorry I haven't been blogging lately. Grandma won't let me forget about this thing for too long though so here goes!

Weather:
For the last month I haven't exactly left the house much as the snow won't seem to melt outside and I don't feel like slipping on the ice outside anymore. When I do go outside it's only been b...

To everybody who had been at my good bye party....thanks again for the great evening and your videos are just as awesome as you are!!!

I guess some of you cannot even remember what you were talking...soooo I will upload your videos tomorrow and you can have a look! Pretty funny and entertaining stuff!

:-*

De laatste week in Beijing begon druk met op maandag een flink postpakket versturen naar huis met onder andere souvenirs en dvd's. Vooral voor dat laatste was ik benieuwd of het wel zou aankomen, vanwege de hoge illegaliteitwaarde. 's Middags moest ik nog met de bedrijfschauffeur mijn fiets ophalen die nog bij het oude appartement stond. De volg...

Nathan here: So we left Cairo without any issues. Happy to report though that we spotted our first real celeb. Tall, thin, blond hair with a squeaky voice. Guesses? Daryl Hannah. She looks much better in person. No complaints about Egypt Air other than it was a dry flight. Our first ride in the back of the plane for awhile but it was not too bad...

Zo dan is het nu tijd voor het eerste berichtje. Allereerst wil ik jullie allemaal van harte welkom heten of zoals ze in China zeggen: Ni Hao! 3 oktober kwam het verlossende woord: jullie zijn aangenomen bij Star Professional Programs in Beijing. Daarna begon het wachten op het contract. Na enkele weken werd dat verstuurd en na 2 weken werd het ...