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13/05/2013 16:04
The end
Dear people that have followed my journey in the last few months,
I just had instant noodles for lunch. When I finished backpacking, I swore that I'd never eat instant noodles again, since that's about the only thing that kept me alive during those seven weeks. And here I am, back home, in Holland,...
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01/05/2013 02:33
Final miles
I officially consider today the last day of my backpack-journey. I'm in Darwin at the moment, and tonight I'll be flying back to Sydney, which I consider my hometown here, to stay with my hostfamily for a few days, see my friends again and fly home next Tuesday, 7 May. The reason I fly home 6...
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09/04/2013 05:52
The big red rock
My grandparents used to have a piano in their house. Always when I went to my opa and omi, I'd play the piano. And on that piano there was a framed picture of a big red rock in a big field of nothing, with a clear blue sky above it. The Uluru, aka Ayers Rock. Opa en omi have visited that rock many...
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26/03/2013 05:34
On the road
9 days. That's the time that has passed since I left my host family. Though it feels like several months, or even like I've never been an au pair at all.
At the moment I'm sitting in the living room in 'The Nunnery', a hostel in Melbourne. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and autumn is...
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14/03/2013 15:46
Travel flu
Just a warning in advance; this is not going to be the best piece that I've ever written. Today was supposed to be my last working day for the Lehrer's. I say 'supposed to be', because I got a flu and I'm not capable of doing anything at the moment. But hey, rather have a...
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14/02/2013 12:22
Time of my life?
I figured it was about time that I'd put some new pictures on this blog. Not that I've been taking many photos lately. My very expensive reflex camera has been resting ever since I've been back from Shepparton. Simply because it's too heavy and because I've had a lot on my mind.
The time has come...
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22/01/2013 15:33
Luxury life
And finally I've got some time to keep you up to date. It would be too much to tell you everything that has happened, but it involved a lonely christmas, stolen money and iPod on New Year's Eve, a show at the Opera House, meeting a special person and a few holidays.
My first holiday was in...
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21/12/2012 18:16
Hi, how are you?
Sydney is probably the most European city in Australia. A lot of things are a bit like the European way of life. Not everything though. For example the supermarkets here. Not the way that the supermarkets look, but the way one's being treated by the supermarket's employees. The first time I had...
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11/12/2012 12:17
Sinterklaas
Every once in a while there is this moment that is exactly like the perfect picture in your head of how you would want your life to be. Last weekend was a succession of those moments. Lotte lives in Bondi for 2 weeks now, because her hostfamily is in Melbourne and they couldn't bring...
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27/11/2012 21:10
Back to normal
When things are not going really well, there's not much to write about. That's why I didn't write. But after every down comes an up. And here it is. Or at least the up is on its way.
The way up needed a hand though. I've had help from different sides. From my parents, who still support me, even...