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November 26th 2005
Så kom vi så langt, vi havde take off i Singapore 23:20 og landede i Frankfurt 05:05 begge lokaltid, men vi har fløjet i 12 timer og 45 minutter! med "City of Melbourne", en Boing 747-400 Jumbojet. Paradokset skyldes, at vi er fløjet med solen. Relativt roligt flyvetur, der var en del turbulens omkring Kaukasus og igen syd for Minsk. Der blev spist men frem for alt sovet, Io og Hans Henrik fik nogle timer, det har jeg muligvis også, skønt det ikke umiddelbart føles sådan. Min kniv er mistet, jeg spurte en af stewarterne, hvor jeg kunne hente den, han sagde at før 11.09.2001 fik man dem altid udleveret igen, men efter den dag bliver de destrueret. Øv. Men jeg ved jo godt man ikke må have en kniv med i håndbagagen, og havde det ... read more
November 26th 2005
in germany so far we've seen hamburg, berlin and munich. i'm not really a city person, so i don't really have too many comments on the cities we've seen here. Hamburg i think i wrote about before, as we went there on our way up to scandanavia. berlin is an interesting city. we went to the reichstag, brandenburg tor, a couple of museums, checkpoint charlie, and the topography of terror exhibit. i was a little disappointed with the reichstag because you couldn't tour the inside! (at least not too my knowledge). We did go up to the roof however, where they had an exhibit showing the political events leading up to hitlers rise to power and the division of germany and the berlin wall. We also climbed the dome for a view of the city..but to ... read more
November 26th 2005
Well, everything in Paris is different, from the keyboards to the language to the absolute beauty of the city!!! I have to say that I have never been to a place like this before. Our flight to Paris started with a 45 min bus to Barcelona Girona Airport, at 3am, ouch, followed by the CRAZIEST Ryan Air flight ever. Everyone was crazy rowdy, it was a definite party plane and the stewardess had to yell at some crazy spaniards. Ryanairs motto is the "On time airline..." Were they ever!!! We were into Paris 20 mins early.. When does that happen? Tired, we also had to ride another bus from Paris Beauvais to Paris Metro... The things you do for cheap flights!!! Anyways, we get into Paris, and its -5°C out here... Nice... The first stop was ... read more
Meeting the team
Published: November 28th 2005Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cambridgeshire » Girton
November 26th 2005
Last weekend I met the team I will spend one month in Tanzania with. We spent the weekend getting to know each other through a series of teambuilding activities (how do you untangle 15 people from each other - we failed), a pub visit and just chatting. I also learnt more about the month itself - rice and beans for a month and washing in the river. Some of the health issues were slightly scary, they said one of us would probably get malaria, but it is treatable, and should not cause too many problems. I got on well with all of my team, and look forward to spending a month of my life with them. I will be in effect welcoming most of them to Tanzania, as most don't arrive until 5th January. I have ... read more
Copenhagen and Malmo, November 2005
Published: December 24th 2005Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen
November 26th 2005
Rather excited as I've just set up my profile on Travelblog.org to document and share my impending journey to become an EFL teacher in Asia and all other travelling. Just feel though it would be a shame to not share some of my more recent past trips with others. Only really going to post photos of these trips and perhaps add some more text at a later date. Denmark and Sweden: Last year my Mum and I took a trip to Norway in the run up to Christmas and had a great time, so we decided to do something similar this year and go to Copenhagen and Malmo. Flew into Copenhagen and once checked into our hotel went straight to Tivoli Gardens, a theme park come garden that in the run up to Christmas transforms into ... read more
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November 26th 2005
The usual flurry of activity in the days preceding our weekend away combined with the actual packing, getting the paperwork together and other preparations and I’m starting to wonder whether it really is worth going away for a weekend such as this. I guess I will know the answer to this question by the end of the weekend. I think that with every travelling companionship there is likely to be a division of responsibilities and mine in this case is to ensure that all of the paperwork is in order (passports, tickets, travel insurance, E111, itineraries etc, etc). This may seem to be a relatively simple task, and in reality it is, but for someone like me it becomes a military exercise and obtains a life of its own. I have found that one way of ... read more
November 26th 2005
When the nightwatchman at Yartek told us we had to leave we went to Joy Party. I can remember every song that was played but not much else! It was snowing as I walked home at 5 in the morning. Marina Ivanovna woke me up for breakfast at 10 as usual but she let me go back to bed afterwards. I awoke from my lie-in at 5 in the evening. I went out with Katya at 8.30. There were no good films at the cinema so we went to the Dublin Pub underneath the hotel instead. I think she was impressed at her first taste of British culture, especially because of the live band. There was a violinist and an acoustic guitarist who played Irish folk songs, and a singer. She had a beautiful voice and ... read more
November 26th 2005
It's been slowly and gracefully turning from autumn to winter. Since we've lived in California so long, we were not really used to the cold weather. Now it's 0 degrees Centigrade (32 Fahrenheit), and really feels like winter. We are living in a small, cozy, comfortable apartment in the center of downtown Basel. We step outside of our building into the midst of shoppers, restaurants, cafes, bookstores, antique shops, bookstores. Now they are also putting up the Christmas lights, and the first snow fell (about 2 cm). In fact, next door to our residence is an English bookstore, and I will be hosting a trivia cafe event there on December 7. If you are available, drop in! Here is a web address so you can see the details. http://www.bergli.ch/shop/talkparties.htm Evi and I are spending our time ... read more
November 25th 2005
The year was 1605 and James I had just acsended to the thrown of England. While many believed that james would be more tolerant towards Catholics than his predeccessor, Elizibeth, he was not. He continued burning churches, killing priests, and the like. Unbeknownst to James, in the shadows, the ale houses, and cellors, a secret resistance movement was mounting. By Night, on November 5, 36 barrels of gun powder were rolled into the cellors of the Parliament buildings. The fuse was never lit. One man was caught, Guy Fawks... At the beginning of Novemeber, the British government allows for the legal sale of fireworks at a few select locations throughout each town and city. Total chaos is then allowed to continue until Christmas. from Halloween until November fifth there is not a 1 minute period in ... read more
November 25th 2005
I really don't have much time to write this. I'll keep it short and let the pictures do most of the talking. Rome is a city with its own charm. It is a big city so it's probably not what most people would expect of Italy. We hungered for some countryside and small Italian towns, vineyards, and Mediterranean side villas. We got a huge city filled with people from all around the world, a large exhibit of urban artwork, feral cats, and pothole infested streets. Thunderstorms arrived on Friday evening. None of us were really prepared for the wet weather even though we all knew it was coming. The lightning shows reminded me of the 4th of July. Every few minutes it would strike followed by a thunderous grumble that shook the ground and windows. Saturdays ... read more
