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Europe » France » Midi-Pyrénées September 10th 2007

2nd September 2007 Cooked pasta dinner and then set off back into Chartres again with English couple from site (Tim and Jean) to go to a clarinet interlude in the cathedral starting at nine. It was an awsome experience sitting in the dark listening to the wonderful music with bats flying around our heads. The conductress was an unlikely, fascinating character and she played in the last song and brought a brilliance to the group. At the end of the evening at 10 we walked out of the cathedral but the best was yet to come. There was an illuminere display on the south face of the massive cathedral. Slowly pictures were dropped down onto areas of the facade until eventually the fascia of the cathedral had turned to a medieval picture and then ultimately to ... read more

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Nuremberg (aka Nürnberg) September 10th 2007

We caught the train at 10:00 am this time, and the whole group went with us, as it was a required group trip. The thing that was most interesting about this train ride was that the train was already crowded! As it turned out, it was the end of a holiday, and school was just about to start, so people were returning home. Most of the people had huge suitcases. So for about 45 minutes, the majority of us stood. Lucky for me (not) I stood in the entryway by the WC (bathroom). Not knowing this, I leaned on the door and just about fell over when a lady emerged from the door (to open the door, you pull in). When we got to Nurnberg, the train station was a lot like a terminal at the ... read more
St. Lorenz Cathedral
Nurnberg
River

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Kos September 10th 2007

Kalymnos, Greece is Paradise. Plain and simple. The weather is perfect. The climbing is amazing. The water is crystal clear. The food is delicious. You wake up in the morning, and you take the scooter over to the climbing sector. You hike about 15-20 minutes, and voila. Many climbs, at many levels, and some with beautiful stalagtites. Around 2pm, the sun comes out and so by now you are ready to head to the beach. You hike down, change into your swim suit, and head for the water. You cool off in the water, lay by the beach, grab some food, and whatever else you want to do. Rest and repeat. With all this paradise, one might wonder, Why in the Hell did I book a ticket to Israel?? Well, I have a friend I ... read more
belaying in Greece
Turkish Castle
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Europe » Lithuania » Nida September 10th 2007

Geo: 55.6985, 21.1473The headache continues ... not good ... For breakfast, we ate the leftover cheese and crisps, and threw in some juice and yogurt for good measure. Off to Klaipeda - it was a rough ride on the mini-bus, and it felt like my brain was bouncing off of the inside of my skull. Not pleasant, as it felt like it was going to explode! It was pretty rainy in Klaipeda - and I made the mistake of getting off the bus too early. The driver also almost left with our luggage - I had to chase after it for a step or two and bang on the side of the bus. We were actually lucky - getting off one stop too early actually put us closer to the B&B, but unluckily for us, I ... read more
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Europe » Czech Republic » Prague September 9th 2007

We have now had 5 nights in the Czech Republic and it has been great. Where else can you eat out for all your meals, stay in double rooms with en suite each night and still stick to your budget???. Plus have meaty meals and cheap beer, we have lived like kings! We spent 1 night in a pretty little town called Cesky Krumlov (our favourite in the Czech Rep so far), 2 nights in Pilsen for a beer pilgrimage and finally two nights in Prague, the 'Mother of Cities' herself. We crossed over the border without any problems, the Czech Rep hasn't adopted the Euro yet so it was a bit of a novelty having to get a local currency again. Cesky Krumlov was a pretty little town that we read up was a mini ... read more
Ceske Krumlov
Charles Bridge, Prague
Beer Bath, Pilsen

Europe » Ukraine » Kiev September 9th 2007

привет, хороший день !!! This is a long entry, with 34 photos! First I'll write about my last 3 days in Croatia: I spent the Sunday afternoon at Polari camping around the pool because I was invited by the animators, and also monday evening when they had live music there. I hung around and had some drinks together with Andrea, Tonka, Mario, Zdravko and Zeljko. Later I went again to Monvi with Mario and two of his friends. Tuesday we left Croatia by bus, drove through Slovenia, Austria and Germany...and 24 hours later I was home. That day my school called me and said that they've found a new teacher so I don't have do postpone my trip to Ukraine. I took off to Ukraine two days later. Sendly had to play in Donetsk, so his ... read more
Kiev, Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (view from Sendly's appartment)
Kiev, Ukraine

Europe » Russia » Siberia » Novosibirsk September 9th 2007

Huhu! Ist das aufregend!! Gestern gab es mal wieder eine Prüfung. Gleichmäßigkeitstest Nummer 2 forderte in exakt 9 Minuten 9,6 Kilometer zu fahren. Die ausgewählte Strecke war eine Schlaglöcher gespickte Schotterpiste nord-östlich von Novosibirsk. Heidi und ich starteten als erste. Wenn wir konstant 64 fahren, kann nix schief gehen. Wir holperten und polterten. Der arme Rekord stöhnte zutiefst. Wir lagen super in der Zeit, doch dann bei Kilometer 4,9 viel unsere Fahrradtacho aus. Keine exakte Kilometerangabe und Durchnittsgeschwindigkeit mehr. Wild drückt Heidi auf ihrem GPS-Gerät rum. „Watt makk ick nun. Watt makk ick nun? Und gibt Gas. Leider etwas zu viel. Und so erreichten wir schon bei 7 Minuten 52 das Ziel. Dann eine Vollbremsung und die restlichen Meter, die uns noch bleiben, schleichen wir so langsam wie nur möglich voran. Am Ende waren wir 28 ... read more
Futschikado
Die Rennklasse

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin September 9th 2007

Greetings friends! I have successfully made it to Ireland. I arrived safely yesterday in Dublin after a cancelation in Grand Rapids, and a delay and missed connection in Chicago. Arrived at 9:00 am yesterday morning. From the airport, I was able to take the aircoach into the city center, which is about 30-40 minutes from the airport. I then made my way to the Tourist Information Centre where I bought a pass that allows one to "hop on, hop off" as much as you like for a full day. Briefly, I was able to see St. Patricks Cathedral, Guiness Brewery (where I was able to sample different types of Guiness and see how it is made), An old Irish jail, Trinity College, the River Liffy, and a few others. My thoughts in brief: Completely amazed at ... read more

Europe » Russia » Siberia » Krasnoyarsk September 9th 2007

Und zum zweiten Mal meine persönlichen Anmerkungen zur Veranstaltung. Es hat sich viel geändert. Die Erwartungshaltung der Teilnehmer passte sich der Realität an. Dass wir hier kein Rennen über 13.000 km fahren, ist nun jedem klar. Wir wollen alle gemeinsam eine schöne Zeit verbringen und am 28. September in Shanghai ankommen. Was gar nicht so selbstverständlich ist, wenn man die Wehwehchen der Fahrzeuge und den individuellen psychischen Zustand der Teilnehmer bedenkt. Für jeden ist diese Reise eine Herausforderung und Bedarf Flexibilität und Anpassungsvermögen. Zum Beispiel Anpassung an die russische Mentalität. Der Service ist hier sauschlecht. Um ein Bier zum Essen will gekämpft sein. Die Hotels sind in der Qualität sehr unterschiedlich. Die Aufzüge fahren nicht dahin wo mal will. Kaffeelöffel zum Frühstück sind alle. Wasser für Tee auch. Butter gab es nur bis 8.15 Uhr. Ein ... read more
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Nikolai bei der Arbeit
Auflauf an einer Raststätte

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Lund September 9th 2007

First Week Survival Its Sunday. We are going to be moving into our new apartment in Lund in about an hour and a half. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lund) Until then, I’m chilling on Karin’s lovely leather couch which is super comfortable and writing this entry of the crazyiness of the past few days. From about Wednesday to Friday, it was all school, all the time. Wednesday we did our presentations on our first design projects, and then were immediately assigned our next design assignment, which was to job shadow the facilities manager of Malmo Hogs kola (my school) and see what he does every day. Of course, this is completely bias since we’re following him around with a video camera and he’s probably doing way more than he would usually do so that we have some content, but nonetheless, ... read more




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