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Hi my dear friends,

it is now official, I am going to write my thesis in Dublin next year :):):) This means, that I will move there beginning of January 2010 until at at least end of May! Yeahhh, I cant wait to be back!

And I got more great news: I will spend Xmas ...

Washington: Lehet cigizni! Kinaiak puszikat dobalnak az Eszternek.
Vegas: A szimpi mokus repulorol Donald elvisz a szallodaba.Jo beszelgetes erdekes ember.
E: hagyjuk annyit maszni amennyit csak lehet a repulest jol birja de a vegen bog.Donald irto turelmesen birja mellettunk.

... Heaven.

A little info on Antwerp. Antwerp means Throwing the Hand. There is a legend that a long time ago a troll used to attack the ships that came into the harbor. So this guy cut off the troll's hand and threw it into the ocean. All throughout this city there are hands. Hand statues, hand chocolates, hand gummies, and hand pictures. Also, Antwerp is the diamond city. 85% of the world's diamonds come through ...

... a meal in our favorite restaurant with Wes: the Nostelgem in Nossegem. I tasted everything on the menu already, since I go there at least once a week for years already. My favorite dish is very Belgium: meatballs in tomato sauce and mashed potatoes. Sitting on the terrace, Dr T asks Jesse (our favorite waitress) whether they adopted a kitty, he saw one running around ...

Brussels airport is large! We had to walk from one wing all the way to the other wing - and I didn't buy any food while we were in the 'hub' as I thought there would be shops etc open near the gates...... but no! So if you are flying out of Brussels after about 5.30 pm, buy what you need before you get to the gates!

so monday evening we were on our way out of paris heading to amsterdam. we had much difficulty finding a hostel in amsterdam for monday night. all the places seemed to be booked and or they wouldn't allow booking online. so we just decided to cruise out there and find a random place...or just stay up all night, or maybe sleep in the station. we left paris around 9, and no sooner had we got ...

... sprouts are, obviously, from Brussels. As legend has it, farmers started to grow them because although cabbage was the "food of the poor", it took quite a bit of land to cultivate. Enter: cabbage in compact form! 4) Mussels in Brussels is apparently quite the big thing, and apparently I'm the only person who thinks it's funny that this also happens to rhyme. 5) WAFFLES. Enough said. Evidently, only the "tourists" eat them with ...

Hi everyone!! Disclaimer: This is going to be short and sweet, only because I am on a limited time on this hostel computer. :o) Goodbye Brussels, and Hello Antwerpen! The last time I wrote to you all, I was sitting in a cramped hostel lobby in Germany. Soon after, Nat and I walked around Cologne for a little bit to see it during the day (and so I could mail my postcards). It's much larger than I gave it credit for the night before, so I ...

December 2 I left Solingen in the morning with Liis in direction of Koln with the train. The whole area is under snow and slightly look like Canada by the weather. We had a dumb train ride and I made the goodbye with Liis in Cologne station. I search for the transport that would bring me to the kreus -HH point- which I found immediately standing in front of the station. I took some minute free I had to throw another look to the Cathedral and also to the Christmas market... enjoying the ...

... quite calm... I stayed in Zaventem most of the time and went to Leuven again on Wednesday (26th) to solve several things and be again on the computer. I then booked a place ticket from London to Frankfurt for the following week. Earlier that week I had also borrowed cd's at the local library to copy them on my computer and I did the same with most of Leen's cd's. October 27 The thursday (27th) I took it lazy, I noticed my ...