It was the first time for me to go on an organized trip by myself. I went once with a friend to Egypt. This trip was fully organized. The drawback was that we were the only ones below 60 in that group. It was a fun holiday but I did not want to have that again. My choice for this… Read more »
Day 21: Saying goodbye to Lucy and bussing along The morning started with a busy and hectic breakfast at Lucy’s because everyone was there. Sadly no banana pancake for me. As a comfort I got to bananas for lunch with me. After saying goodbye to the Lucy crew we left with the bus to go to Guangzhou. It was 6… Read more »
Day 17: Training through my birthday This is my second holiday where I have my birthday. And the organization knew that. They have bought me cake! And Chinese cake taste pretty delicious. We only had one attraction today before we had over to the train for a long trip to Yangshuo. We were visiting Naigu Stone forest. This park has… Read more »
Day 11: Spicy pandas We had to get up very early today. It was a bit hard because we arrived late at the hotel last night. Today we went to the Giant panda breeding facility. Pandas are morning animals so we wanted to be there before feeding time which was at 8 am. It was fun to see them run… Read more »
Day 5: Doing walks and sleeping on trains We walked with our guide. We visited two local temples. One had a huge pagoda of stone the other was more than thousand years old and had beautiful courtyards. We also went to a local park and we received some dance lessons from local women there. Â Only the women danced: the guys… Read more »
Day 1: Airplanes To get to China you have to fly, to most of us that is pretty clear. I have flown quite a lot, but this flight was pretty unique. It was the Dutch operator KLM, but almost the whole flight was filled with Chinese. Even the flight attendants were Chinese and I could not speak Dutch with them…. Read more »
For the 8th time in Poland the Krakow Film Music Festival took place. After two years in September the festival was back on his traditional month May. Last year we needed thick sweaters in the cold factory hall. This year it was not needed any more. The factory hall which filled me with good memories of awesome concerts is replaced… Read more »
I have been going to the Krakow film music festival (FMF) now for a couple of years. I love going to this festival. I love the city the concerts. The meetings and of course meeting a lot of my StreamingSoundtracks.com friends. I still remember that two years ago it was almost cancelled. Luckily they managed to have three concerts then… Read more »
Day 21 Date: 13 and 14 July Final bear count: 11 Weather: hot in Canada 30 degrees, nice in The Netherlands 20 degrees This was unfortunately our last day of our trip to Canada. The morning started with packing and a nice breakfast. Sandy and Gary were off to church so we had the morning for ourselves. Luckily they came… Read more »
Day 18 Date: July 10, 2014 Total bear count: 11 Weather: still warm 23-27 degrees We did not have a kitchen this time in the motel but we do have a coffee machine, so breakfast with strong coffee it was. Attraction of the day was Johnston canyon. While we parked there we found out there are a lot of people… Read more »