oh crap, i left southern africa for the netherlands on the 14th of december. it was cold, dark and dreary. oh man i am not ready for winter yet. i had a difficult time motivating myself to leave the comforts of the home of my new friends, roel and monique(we met in mozambique), that kindly welcomed me into there abode. however, i did manage it a couple of days as i took the ubiquitous bicycle out for country/city tours(yes it is plural). not to worry, i didn't smoke-drink (kinda like drink-drive). despite the dreariness of the weather the netherlands is a lovely country. on the 18th, i happened to be channel surfing and saw that a snow storm was forecast for the detroit airport on the 19th. double oh crap, as my flight to detroit was
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