Category Archives: Everywhere and nowhere

Meer plaatsen bezoeken -> meer leren -> meer mens

Madeira

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Madeira!At first we were going to go with just three persons, but this quickly changed to six persons. Then the destination changed from Madeira to Tunisia. Eventually we booked a trip to Madeira for four persons and now we are going to attempt to add another person to the already booked trip.

It was quite a struggle to get the plans straightened out but in the end it all worked out. In the beginning of August I’ll be enjoying Madeira. The island of the Madeira wine, the wild canaries and the tasty local fish. Madeira is also know as the island of flowers so it promises to be a nice vacation.

Adventure

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Adventure!‘You are going to do it again’. This is the first thing a colleague told me after I told him about my plans. He was right, I am going to do it again. Live another adventure. I’ve been having the feeling that I would like my life to take a different direction. It may sound strange but I want more from life, much more than I’m getting/achieving now. I feel like adding more risk to my life will help me achieve much more.

Around two years ago I made my first move. It was a gamble. I quit and want for an adventure in the ‘wild’ America. I enjoyed this adventure thoroughly and I want more, just a little different. Three months of living another culture, meeting new people, different relations, different customs, a different language and lots of things different, but still within my grasp.

I decided to go to Madrid. Learning to speak Spanish is the official reason. Ana is also a reason and there are more. I will probably end up in a very hot place. It will most likely be more than three months and for sure I’ll miss a lot of people. I suspect this trip will change me much more than I can now imagine. What ever will be the case, my mind is set, and I’m going to take another risk. I plan to enjoy this adventure to the fullest and I’ll see what happens after wards.

Kamerjacht

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Room!Afgelopen weekend was ik in madrid op zoek naar een verblijfplekje. Ik wil voor drie maanden een kamer huren bij een spanjaard of bij meerdere spanjaarden, zodat ik naast de taal ook de cultuur kan leren. Het lijkt me een bijzonder leuke ervaring.

Ik heb drie kamers bekeken. Twee in het centrum van madrid en een in een buitenwijk van madrid. Die in de buitenwijk heeft nu mijn voorkeur. Het nadeel is dat de reistijd wat langer is, maar het voordeel is dat daar amper engels gesproken wordt. Een perfecte manier om nog meer spaans te leren. Aan de andere kant is het centrum van madrid natuurlijk the place to be… Gelukkig heb ik nog wat bedenktijd.

Newsflash Ana

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Medical team!
Ik heb wel eens in de krant gestaan, maar dat was met een klein stukje zonder foto over een ongeluk ergens waarbij ik het slachtoffer was. Ana pakt de zaken beter aan. Een interessant artikel over haar werkzaamheden, alleen is het in het spaans. Hieronder de (geautomatiseerde) engelse vertaling.

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Something is going to happen…

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Something is going to happen…
something is going to happen…
something is going to happen…
and something did happen. A great week with Ana visiting Leiden, Brugge, Noordwijkerhout and the Hague. Of course way to short, but very nice.

Brugge resulted to be a very nice little city in Belgium, but it was crowded with tourists. In fact, it seemed that there were only tourists walking the streets. Still, we found some very nice local pubs where we could choose from hundreds of beers :-D. We also did a tour across the canals, climbed some big tower and ate some nice Belgium food. A very nice visit.

Verrassing

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Guell Park, Barcelona!Afgelopen weekend was een bijzonder geslaagd weekend. Donderdag nacht ben ik naar Barcelona gevlogen, om vrijdag middag mijn broeder te verrassen. Ik wist dat hij op school zat van 9 tot 1, dus iets na enen was de verrassing compleet :-).

Het was een leuk weekend, alleen ben ik nu wel zo ziek als een hond.

The Widow’s Revenge by Katherinne Bardales

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Today I got a CD in the mail. It was something I knew was coming. A CD filled with poetry, all the way from Chicago. My friend/sister Kathy turns out to be a very good poetry writer, and her reading the poetry makes it sound even better :-). Now at least I am a little less of a culture-barbarian. Thanks a LOT!!! More reasons for me to want to see her dance also.

The Widow’s Revenge
© Katherinne Bardales

I ran away to the desert, a black shawl,
to mend my broken heart
with fuschia papelillo petals,
green flesh of cactus
and sharp fox teeth.

Many miles I walked, barefoot,
cutting open my soles with broken beer bottles
and burnt wood left from talking circles
long ago.

Layer by layer of skin I peeled off,
leaving trails of brown and pink in the sand.
With my tanned skeleton I danced in the wind
and made love to the sand dunes.

Then sun reached out with its upturned fingernails
and made my hair catch on fire.
My head, a golden flame now, turned my memory to dust.

I became speckles of copper and meteor
and the fishermen, who crossed the desert each day
to find virgin shores filled with silver eyes
sprinkled me on their fish like spice.

I made them see oases.
I made them jump in sandpits, mad with love.

Madrid & Galicia

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Foto's van Spanje!Ik ben weer terug van 9 dagen Spanje. Precies op het moment dat mijn broertje is vertrokken naar Barcelona voor 3 maanden Spaanse les.

De trip maar Spanje was wederom fantastisch. Verjaardagen (5!) meegemaakt, zelf gebrouwen wijn gedronken, ontzettend veel gegeten waaronder een ter plekke aangesneden varkenspoot en het leukste van allemaal, ik heb iedereen weer gezien.