http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Misa/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Misa en-us Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:02:33 +0000 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:02:33 +0000 Hi thereHow are you all enjoying the summer or the winter for you guys the other side of the hemisphere Soon I will be back at work so I decided to update my blog before being immersed in my job tasks. What have I been up to the last 2 monthsWell I was in Portugal in July where I could enjoy the Atlantic coast of Alentejo the region above the touristiest region of Portugal the Algarve. The http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Alentejo/Zambujeira-do-Mar/blog-429538.html Oh dear has it been that long What happened Were have I been I guess I have a vague idea. I was hibernating It was really a very cold winter the last one. I went 2 times to Portugal during the start of the year as I couldn8217t stand the cold in the Netherlands. Most of the Dutch people were loving it they could skate on natural ice after 12 years of 8220mild8221 winters. I though http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/blog-412286.html ... like the old book says ...Ok I admit it I am a little bit in a gloomy mood I guess is not the best time to write my BLOG God knows what I might end up writing There is a time to look for something and a time to stop looking for it I guess. Sometimes it is right in front of us but we are so in the lookforsomething more mode that we do not realise that the time to stop s http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/blog-347240.html Oh my God I just realised I have been away from my blog for almost 6 months It8217s a record I wish I could say I have busy travelling but most of the time I have been working hard and receiving with a smile the pleasant surprises and twists that 2008 has brought me so far Let me recall I ended 2007 with a flash of luck I almost lost the train to Antwerp which luckily happened to be http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Central/Aveiro/blog-282649.html My autumn was anything but monochromatic it was full of trips of many colours hellip and short sizes mostly combined with work.I tasted a 45 euros cappuccino at Thessalonicarsquos boulevard hellip of course I stayed there for as much time as possibly staring at the sun with my Silhouette sun glasses getting a return of my money in vitamin D stocks while drinking the water that accom http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-229767.html Summer Paradise So how was that summer Hope you had the chance to get out of the Low LandsEngland cause from what I hear there wasnrsquot much summer around there. If however you didnrsquot yet and is now time to plan a warm break I know just about the right place Fernando de Noronha island in Brazil Yes I was on that piece of Paradise this summer Itrsquos an ecological archipel http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-198365.html Prshndetje just learned how to greet in Albanian By definition it is summer but there is not much of it to be seen in the low lands 8230 except on 13th of April the day of Rotterdam8217s marathon which had to stop after 26 marathoners were taken to hospital fortunately the professionals had finish it already so there were prizes to be hand over. I got though some sun in Po http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-175783.html So how have you been Irsquove been away from my blog I know ...One of my 2007 resolutions was lsquoto make more time to myself and my friendsrsquo thus I wont be updating my blog every month but Irsquoll have time to go for a coffee in the weekend just send me an email 2007 started among friends excellent with Raclette the national dish of Switzerland after fondue of course http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-146823.html Another day I was reading my horoscope of 2005 and I was told that according to the stars my favorite season is Autumn ... uuum ... I am not really convinced but sure when the first cold wind blows I recall the nice days at the beach ... maybe thatrsquos why this season is so nice itrsquos perfect to recollect all the warm moments we had in the summer it could not be the winter because http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-108676.html It was about time to talk about September rightSorry guys but in September I got a neckback minuscule injury and therefore was restraining myself from typing hellip ok it is not the whole true but I can give you the number of a great physiotherapist if you need one In September I took a week of domestic holidays and was a bit here and there went to the Japanese Summer at Van Gogh Museum http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/blog-97117.html Hey guys after hot July it was the turn to the rain to show upI am always telling you it rains more in August than in July in Rrsquodam but you donrsquot listen L Check the numbers thenBut what saved my August was GlasgowI was so tired of rainy Rrsquodam that I thought lsquoI have to get out of herersquo and decided to visit Glasgow yes I like to challenge the statistics an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Glasgow/blog-85924.html It was a hot month July hellip fortunately there were cool moments as wellRotterdam was breathing jazz with the North Sea Jazz Festival and all kind of spillover events like the concerts at Dizzy Floor or Prachtig. I liked very much the Brazilianjazz concert in Doelen with the Portuguese singer Magda Mendes. She started in her tiptoes but got more expansive as more people started entering t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/blog-85926.html Yes this is my Blog turnThe lsquomisa.whereareyou.netrsquo was causing negative spillover effects spam reactions so I give now the chance to travelblog.org hellip some of you might argue that this is not the most adequate blog as I am not exactly travelling except for an occasional trip preferably every few months but I found at least 135 reasons to justify it 1 We are actually http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-72626.html