February 4th, 2007
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Intro
As some of you might already know, two weeks ago I got the chance to spend three wonderful days in Rome, Italy. It all started back in September last year, when my oldest brother made me and my twin brother, as a birthday gift, an all inclusive round trip to Rome :).I must say, these cheap flights companies like Sky Europe make this kind of trips affordable. Very affordable. In fact the hotel for 2 nights there was double the amount we payed for the fight. So, this opens up very interesting travel locations in Europe ;).
Rome
Now, back to Rome… I think I saw lots of documentaries and movies about ancient and nowadays Rome, but I never thought the experience would be so profound. The city is simply amazing, everything is built at a gigantic scale, the old and new blends in perfectly, it’s like you’re in another world. No shiny metal, no rough concrete, no reflecting glass exteriors, only white marble and porous rock. Even the street names are sculpted in marble. At night everything is illuminated from different directions, it’s unreal … We walked till 4 o’clock in the morning on the streets, to see the wonderful baroque fountains at night, and above all the Fountana di Trevi.
December 13th, 2005
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Hi,
This is as well boring … but go ahead :)
Trip
Hmmm how should I start? Well I got to Bucharest and boarded my plane on time (actually I had to wait ~60′), had no problems at customs and after 3 hours and a quick meal (delicious cookies) aboard I’ve landed in Schipol. During the trip I saw for the first time the moon bellow the horizon (under the plane). Very cool view, along with the foamy clouds and red twilight colors.
June 20th, 2005
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Photo by Tom Weaver
If you don’t have time or want to scrub this mail out of your Inbox as fast as possible, just move it to another place and read it another time or don’t read it at all. Well, haven’t posted here in a while. I thought I should not tell you what I’ve been seeing this weekend, or that I’ve been in Germany or seen a national park. I decided to tell you what I’m thinking in this moments instead.
June 3rd, 2005
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Hielou!
Guess what? I’ve been to the beach :D. Of course there are several beaches in the Netherlands, but trust me, the concept of “Beach” (not B*tch) is very different than you might understand it. The wind is blowing with about 60Km per hour and it’s so cold that your a** freezes of. But for these guys … it’s summer! You rent a wind screen and crouch beneath it and wait for the sun to warm you up.
Ah, other ways to spend your time: In the tower you see in the picture is a Bungee Jumping facility :) … and guess what? I’m gonna use it! ASAP! [evil grin].
I’ve been in the top tower with Liv[1], she’s really small and the tower is in right in the sea. The wind was blowing at such a speed that it actually lifted you off. First time in my life where I had to fight hardly not to be blown away into the sea.
Also a sand sculpture exhibition took place on the beach. Here are some pictures.
That’s about it. They’ll going to lock me up :).
Bye,
The Lion.
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May 18th, 2005
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1.Saturday
We’ve been to a picnic at the Rotterdam Lake. I had my surprises tough. I keep running into people that I thought I’d never see again: At the picnic I’ve meet Minnie[1] and Nuno Cruz[2]. First words: “Heeeeey … there’s a friendly face! You’re from Romania, right?” :)
We had some food and afterwards we played soccer where of course I suck terribly… but I’ve haven’t played since high school, so I said: “Oh, what the heck let’s play”! I was the goalkeeper and did perform over my expectations. We’ve played with Albert, Pixi, Nuno Cruz, Cliff[3], Mo[4] – she’s goooooooood! a guy from Mexico, another one from Estonia and other dutch members from Rotterdam or Dutch MC. My team kicked ass :D
Afterwards, Pixi lead us to a Hungarian Restaurant … lovely place. Luis, Albert and Gee played (or tried to play) the piano in the restaurant, we had some food, talks and when we finished we could barely move, so full were we. I loved that place!
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