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I love water, this is one of the reasons I like The Netherlands so much. Everywhere you look is a canal, a lake or the open sea. I choose to see Kinderdijk this weekend … mainly because it because it involved a 35 minutes boat ride.

Saturday it poured down all day and the sky cleared just 20 minutes before our departure. Nothing unusual in The Netherlands. Weather here changes from sunshine to heavy rain and vice-versa in just a few minutes.

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It’s been 2 weeks … Its fine, I’m accommodating gradually with the new life style, cultures, work style, food and time zone. It’s going to be a b*tch coming back and doing this all over again :)

Last week I was convinced to have a long walk around the city to a Jazz Club. I’ve seen some parts of Rotterdam I didn’t know existed. It’s been fun … a 70 year old guy at the drums was the heart of the show. We “enjoyed” a 0,2 l beer at 2,5 EUR, and talked a lot.

I got a new roommate, which is quite cool as I’m not alone anymore, and have someone to share my thoughts. I think I’m beginning to enjoy his presence, mostly because he’s genuinely interested in everything you do. I believe he needs to clarify all aspects of what you’re doing and therefore puts a lot of questions. Having a technical background like myself, helps a lot ;).

Another thing we were up to is “Unreal Tournament”. He he he … one of the directors, which happens to be my flat mate, gathered all the needed software and people. We kicked a**. It’s been a while since I last had so much fun playing … imagine 6-7 grown-ups screaming like crazy, calling each other using nicknames in the AI Office: “Ha! Pathetic”, “I got the flag, I got the flag …”, “Killing spree!!!”, “Duck!!! Shoot, shoot … aaah darn!”, etc.

Won some, lost some, had loads of fun, will do it again soon :)

That’s it for now,
The Lion.

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Not so long time ago, somewhere last month I’ve had some quality time with two of my best friends, members of the RZR group :D. I’m rarely going to the village museum. I’ve seen it all so many times, so I find it uninteresting. Perhaps I’m just missing the right crowd :).

Robert made his way to Sibiu for Roxi’s birthday and after a good night (and a good part of the day) we managed to get there.

It was also the first time in years since I’ve last used the city’s public transportation services. I don’t have really a need for it as it only takes me 45 minutes from one end of the city to the other and I prefer to walk, just me, my thoughts and my iPod :D.

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Memories
I never thought I would be back here for another CEED. It’s been two years since. I remember the last days, as if it were today. I was so broken up, wanted to leave, wanted to stay … I knew that I would probably not see most of those amazing people again, that I will miss this way of life a lot. Rotterdam, Sweningen Lake, Utrecht, The Hague, The Tulip Garden in Leiden and some other places are still vivid in my memory. I miss Pixi a lot. He’s given me the experience of my lifetime … I’ll never forget that.

Before
I tried to see all of my close friends before leaving … didn’t manage. I got tough in the last evening home some very nice surprises from the friends in AIESEC.

Sunday at 5 AM, Lumi was waiting for me in the Bus Station. I was taking the bus to Bucharest to catch my flight. She’s going away in Kirghizstan (MC) for a year and I’m not going to be back in time to see her leave. It was hard, I hate goodbyes … why do we always take friends for granted and realize how important they are just when we’re about to lose them? From my EB teams most of the people are gone, scattered around the world or in other cities. It’s hard, I really hate change … but then again this is how life is.

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I’ve flew 3 times with Alitalia … and the 4^th flight home, will be my last one with this company. In these 3 occasions they managed to:

1. Be late to a total of: 6 hours.
2. Change the day of my flight due to delays or other events: 2 times.
3. Make me pay for taxi or food, others due delays: 200 RON.
4. Make me wait at the airport in line for: 4 hours.
5. Make me run trough Milan Malpensa Airport to catch my connection: 1 times.
6. Lost my luggage: 1 times.
7. Bring back the wrong luggage: 1 times.
8. Recover my luggage in: 3 days.
9. Break their own rules about luggage assistance if recovery lasts more than one day: 1 times.
10. Have an inadmissible attitude (flight attendances): 2 times.

The Lion.