Certainty The thing about traveling is that it gives you the change just to lay back and and do the things you want to do through escaping our daily, serious lives. For me and Mathias, my friend that will be joining me, it means no more cost accounting (me) or making complex engineering designs of apartment blocks(Mathias). But is it just that, running away from life? Well, for some people it actually means leaving the very lives they chose to live. Relaxing at the poolside, sipping a Mai-Tai from a coconut through a bent straw while the umbrella won't stay [View Full Entry]

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Inter-exam-Pre-Pre-Pre-Pre-vacation-day dreams For weeks a friend and I have been thinking about going on vacation somewhere in the world. Restrictions for this endeavor are: *budget( travel+expenses)=approx. €700 * location: somewhere hot; *purpose: pleasure by culture and relaxation Unfortunately, at this time, in the present day, now, we are experiencing a period in our lives that every of my fellow students despise: EXAMS Our first thoughts wondered towards a formula issued by our national airport in Z [View Full Entry]

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Some pictures from earlier travels. [View Full Entry]

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Hello to everybody reading this blog! I can imagine that you are more interested in my travel experiences (some call it adventures) rather than in my person, so I will keep this short! I am just a normal guy, working as a teacher in Brussels, taking every chance he gets to discover a part of the world. As I shortly will turn 40, my way of moving around the world has changed a bit during the years, but still I try to keep it basic with a stress on discovering the local culture and meeting local people. Of course I also [View Full Entry]

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Ondertussen zijn we weer in ons Belgenlandje, nat en koud: welcome back, Vie! Nog even wegdromen en terugblikken op de laatste dagen Costa Rica... Donderdag in Cahuita, extra vroeg opgestaan om van de zonsopgang te kunnen genieten. Deze keer hebben we geen geluk: de regen valt met bakken uit de hemel... Maar we trekken er ons niks van aan, trekken onze zwemkleren aan en gaan zwemmen in zee, héérlijk om de dag zo te beginnen! :-D Na een lekker ontbijt en een frisse douche, stappen we in de bus naar San José. Van daaruit trekken we meteen door naar Allajuela, dat [View Full Entry]

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Rugzak gepakt. Ik heb precies weinig mee, heb ik wel alles??? Terug uitgepakt en nog eens gecheckt. Ja, ik heb alles. Terug ingepakt. Ticket en paspoort liggen ook klaar. Time to relax... Heb ik ècht wel alles? Rugzak terug uitgepakt. Misschien toch een extra T-shirt meenemen? Terug ingepakt. Time to relax... Aaaaargghhh!!! Jawel, rugzak terug uitgepakt, mijn netjes gestreken T-shirts ondertussen al helemaal verrimpeld... ;-) Vie, stop er nu mee, 't komt allemaal wel goed! CU tomorrow, in Costa Rica... :-D [View Full Entry]

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I should have been here by now, settled and learning how to temper dark vs. milk chocolate, and finding out firsthand that white chocolate actually smells kinda bad when you're tempering it. But no. I don’t even have a place to live yet. I was in Leuven again for less than 48 hours, although I planned on staying for a week, but before that it was for a month, at least in the hotel I booked. I wrote Laike two weeks prior to coming out and didn’t hear from her again until the day before I flew out. It took another [View Full Entry]

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Two more weeks before I fly off to Costa Rica... It feels like I am already gone, with all the reading and preperation, it's a trip on itself... Studying some Spanish too, don't wanna be like a dumm tourist, speaking English only... [View Full Entry]

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Two weeks ago we moved into our newest home. It is amazing. It is only around the corner from where we used to be but it is HUGE and full of all sorts of character, which our last apartment was lacking. We now have a big living room, with a fire place for some chairs. We have a big dining room, also with a fire place, and a small, galley style kitchen. We have a lot more counter and cabinet space and AN OVEN. We have a half bath on the first floor (thank goodness because life was rough with just [View Full Entry]

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I got back from Belgium yesterday afternoon after a busy Saturday. After my flight from Copenhagen was delayed and I finally got back into Leuven, I sprinted towards the chocolate shop after dropping my bags off at the hotel in Leuven. I slowed down a bit and then stopped when I saw the shingle outside, since I kind of knew that what was about to happen would impact my life pretty profoundly for the next few months, at least, regardless of the outcome. It took Laike (the daughter who co-owned the shop) maybe ten seconds to come out of the kitchen [View Full Entry]

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