Farhen

Interessant dit 6 jarige knul van de driver houdt van Rammstein en Metallica. stefan de bestuurder is er aardig, Engels was wel oke, maar dat gaf niet. De avonturen van Pipi in het Duits maakte mij net zo moe. Heb zelfs even geslapen denk ik.Mijn zitvlees doet echt pijn nu. Spierpijn. Gelukkig naar een swing iets vanavond. En daar is t dan Praag na 5,5 zitten en dan rijden we weer de file in. Oh wat ben ik blij dat de 3e persoon niet kwam opdagen. En we enigszins ruimte hebben. 

Nu 1:20 kijk ik terug op een toffe avond gewingt/ gedanst ook al was t de eerste keer dat ik de dans deed en er dus geen bal van kon heb ik me wel ontzettend vermaakt. In de lucht gelift :o terwijl ik t niet zag aankomen. Haha. 

Daarna couchsurfingmeeting was heel gezellig. En nu slapen Engelse update volgt. En er werd me gevraagd om een Nederlands nummer te zingen en ik kon er geen bedenken mn hoofd stond zo op Engels haha. 

Vienna zoo / dierentuin van Wenen

The zoo suppose to be the oldest one still running build in the 17th century, lots of cages are monumental only luckily because the are so damn small! Happy to see that the animal spaces are really big and it is more animal friendly then visitor friendly. There is a very big animal forest for wolfs ect. There are tigers, flamingo's, monkeys, koala's & pandas! :) very nice. Also I visited my family at the birdhouse and saw the kind of animals my mum always said she was.. :P there were a lot kinds of birds by the way. And pinquins too! I stated at a koala a while, in that tree being stoned, it really worked more relaxing then a spa! :P tomorrow I wil leave to Praga, I just ate some rest food of yesterday and i'm i feel so much better then the week before. Arm is a little bit better. I'm not homesick anymore. I'm never homesick but this week i kinda was maybe not really to my house but just to people i met on the trip or before. 

But still kinda looks like a teddybear.. 

This used to be a bear cage luckily it is no longer in use. And the lion cage is even better that's a place were kids can play and parents can maken pictures..

Panda's zaten voornamelijk demonstratief met hun rug naar t publiek; zou ik ook doen. T waren nog jonkies, gescheiden want t zijn geen groeps dieren. Wist je dat moeders altijd zorgen dat ze maar 1 jonkie hebben waar ze zich op focussen.. Daarom zie je o.a. zoveel jonkies in opvang. De dierentuin is oud, gelukkig zijn de oude kooien niet meer in gebruik zijn mega klein. De hokken waren fijn groot en eerder dier dan kijkers vriendelijk in de meeste gevallen. 

Heen redelijk omgereden Oostenrijk is chaos maar dat was voornamelijk heuvelafwaarts terug was een ander verhaal maar toen had ik meer energie dus ging goed en was voor de regen terug. :) c.a 7uur denk ik. 

 Ik laat de telefoon in mn eten vallen dus ga maar een slapen. XD 

Codewoord / codeword is : bluebird 

Let me know you red it, my dear stalkers and dearly followers & rest Haha.

Vienna

Shower; a bucket that you trow over yourself, called a tabo. Toilet get the key, put the light on in the house and walk down the hall, try to find the light of the hall somewhere in the wall and then go to the left. Couch: very comfortabel. Frige: none. Like it? Yes i do. Exept for the flies. 

She is very nice, this is her temporary place near the photoschool but actually she lives in Germany. So her house is fine like this. It really gives me that holiday feeling you have when you walk with your role of toilet paper across the camping. But not in a bad way.  

We eated together most of the time but in day I discoverd Wien alone. Which was also nice after all those people, Wien is very nice dough I miss the friendly people of Poland here they are more close minded. I was a shock again by seeing the European prices when I payed more then the double of what I would have payed in Poland. 

I disided to skip Bratislava for my own energie. 

Maybe I will see pandas today :) 

Volle bak en appelsap.

Volle auto, 7 mensen in een busje en het is stil!! Geen radio niks. Ben benieuwd hoe dit gaat worden 5 uur lang. Ipod tijd. 

Half 10, 8 mensen in een busje nog c.a 52km te gaan. Van mijn plek achterin bij het raam, verhuist naar midden midden. Achterin trilde ik zowat weg. En ik voelde me een sardientje half geplet door een knikkebollende dikke pool (vermoedelijk) Radio is inmiddels aan, met rare ik denk poolse muziek. Ik denk dat er minimaal 5 verschillende nationaliteiten in deze auto. Maar deze mensen zijn niet zoals de couchsurfers; die overigens veelal lifters zijn. Rachel spreekt wel Engels dus daar wel wat mee gepraat. Voor de rest gebruikt gemaakt van de stilte voor een horde van gedachten in mijn hoofd enigszins op orde te brengen. Niet dat ik alles op een rijtje heb maar dat wist je vermoedelijk al. :P 

Het zette me aan het denken. Wij mensen bepreken onszelf zo.. En waarom eigenlijk om op te kunnen gaan in de massa. Om de rest te volgen als hersenloze schapen. Als zombies. Maar dat is tegen de natuur van ons brein, misschien hoort het bij de natuur; de wil om bij een roede te horen. Maar zit je wel bij de juiste roede als je jezelf zo beperkt er niet buiten te vallen? 

Zouden we niet veel gelukkig zijn met algemeen respect en acceptatie? We hoeven toch niet allemaal grijs te dragen? 

Zoals je misschien hebt opgemerkt draag ik al jaren niet meer dat wat zo genaamd in de mode is maar dat is niet het enige ding. Het gaat dieper dan wat je draagt of wat dan ook. 

Het gaat om het verschil tussen normen en waarden. Normen Zijn eigenlijk gewoon bullshit! Want het zijn regels die we aan waarden plakken omdat dat ons zo is geleerd. We denken er zelf niet eens bij na! eigenlijk heel onlogisch denk ik. 

Want zijn al onze waarde niet anders? Die zijn net als de kleuren in onze ogen uniek. 

... Volg je me nog? snap je wat ik bedoel? 

Happy Name Day!?

I've noticed that in Poland there is something bigger then a Birhtday it is called a Nameday! So of cource I am curious of mind so I started to search;

What is Name Day?

It is an old European tradition. Every day of the year is someone's Name Day. People all across Europe have been celebrating their first names for centuries in the same way you celebrate your birthday.

Why should you celebrate? Just ask yourself this simple question: How many people know your first name? Can you imagine this group of people coming over once a year to shower you with gifts and throw you the best party you have ever encountered? All in celebration of your Name Day. In effect, it is like having a second birthday. And yes, nobody will ask you about your age!

Where is Name Day celebrated?

Europeans not only have birthdays, but Name Day as well. Birthdays are usually celebrated just in immediate family. Name Days, however are widely known and celebrated.
Each first name is assigned to one day of the calendar, based on religious traditions, historical events, birthday of a famous person who had the same first name, or on other facts.
For example, the church feast of Saint Michael is held on September 29th, and as a result the Name Day for Michael is on September 29th. In some countries (Greece) Name day is more important than birthday. Gifts include flowers, chocolate, bottle of good wine etc.

My friend has a Name Day. What should I do?

You wish a person Happy Name Day, and buy a present like flowers or a box of chocolates.


So Now You know what a name day is. I laughed a lot because I found out that my name day is one day before my brothers birthday. And his is ten days after mine.
So Lisa is the 19th of November and his, well the English version of his name is the 10th of July.
Mum; your name Erica is the 18th of may so very close to your own birthday.
Some popular names have even more then one name day for example the name Asia because in Poland that is a very popular name. But also because there is a Greece has his own dates. My Greece name date would be the 24th of April. (Sometimes the dates are different in different country's, there are 21 European country's who suppose to use the name days)
Cool so I have an extra excuses to trow up a party :) (not that I need one for that but still) :P
 Maybe I will find all my friends coming on one of these dates because some how they are always to busy or cannot make it or sick or whatever. This would make it easier for sure. haha.

Today a very happy name day to: Mark (Ukraine) & Jan (Poland)
Are you curious too? Check your name day;
http://www.namedaycalendar.com/august/9

And why not, why not an extra reason to celebrate your life and who you are? I think it is a good idea to celebrate name days too because there are already enough happy Un-birthdays. And I don't mean the stupid people sitting on there asses and waiting for the birhtdayperson to come and serve them. I mean being nice, having a party, having fun together. Do it potluck or just simple be together and drink something.
                I don't personally like birthdays so much because no one Really seem to care about you, just come for their free piece of cake and coffee leave and always forget or didn't have the time to bring it.. And only talk about their selves. But now I've learned that it is not always like this. Because it can be just having fun with does who actually give a damn. So from now on For does who actually give a damn I like to invite you for my name day party the 15th of November (because it is the 19th but that is not in a weekend) Only If You want to come. Don't do it for me, It is gonna be great for sure. :)

So today I've taken it easy, visited a 2 churches, bought some postcards, had a really nice Ice cream in 3 tastes; Brownie, CarrotCake & Red Velvet which was actually good. :) Their were bikes everywhere but I probably lived underneath a stone because I don't know why or what it was. Tour de Pologne and Mini Tour de Pologne races thank you internet, now I know. :P 
It was really crowded.

Oh Oh and Frances you said that thing about the teddybears: look what I found! :P Scroll down now ;)

 It felt almost as good as one of your (or my mums) royal hugs ;) :)

 In het kort in het nederlands: Naamdag is heel populair in Polen, daar kwam ik achter. Dus heb ik uitgezocht hoe dat zat en wat mijn eigen naam dag zou zijn. Dat is 19 november dus zet t vast in je agenda 15de van die maand is er een feestje maar geen Nederlands kring zit /omdattmoet feestje want daar heb ik een hekel aan. Maar een potluck diner met degene die er dus echt waarde aan hechten met mij iets te vieren (dus niet omdat het moet ;) maar omdat je het wil )  :D 

Oh en ik vond dus dit berenwinkeltje en omdat Francess zei dat ze bij me was elke keer als ik een teddybeer zou zien kan je je voorstellen hoe grappig het was om in een steegje dit winkeltje tegen te komen. Overigens in Krakow zie je meer draken (vanwege de legende van die stad) dan teddyberen dus was t best bijzonder.

Ook was er vandaag een evenement met fietsen. Dus het was heel druk, en er waren bruiloften in de 2 kerken die ik heb bezocht dus dan is de helft uiteraard afgezet heb ze dus niet helemaal kunnen zien maar voor mijn mening goed genoeg. 

Morgen Naar Wenen!

English Update

As how I promised an English update;
The bubbles, the smell of bath oil, the silence, the hot water warmed me and relaxed my muscles. I was felt sick this week, had a lot of pain in my arm so I was a bit afraid I had to go back. But I don't give up that easy. Still not 100% but good enough to go to Vienna this weekend.

This week I have taken it easy. Slept a lot, spent some time with Asia and Jan the lovely couple that hosted Marcel and me. Marcel left on Tuesday, So now I am on my own again I really am not used to being alone. It is one of the reason I am traveling alone. Also because some times I feel like holding others back, because I just have to take it easy more. But still I can see the country, today I went on one of the free guided city walk tours of Krakow was very nice.
It was funny because Asia our guide told a legend that I already heard before, as you now I like legends  she told allot but this one I recognized and like to share with you:

The Wawel Dragon tale takes place in Kraków during the reign of King Krakus, the city's legendary founder. Each day the evil dragon would beat a path of destruction across the countryside, killing the civilians, pillaging their homes and devouring their livestock. The dragon especially enjoyed eating young maidens, and could only be appeased if the townsfolk left a young girl in front of its cave once a month. The King certainly wanted to put a stop to the dragon, but his bravest knights fell to its fiery breath. the sacrifice of young girls, every girl in the city was eventually sacrificed except one, the King's daughter Wanda. In desperation, the King promised his beautiful daughter's hand in marriage to anyone who could defeat the dragon. Great warriors from near and far fought for the prize and failed. One day a poor cobbler's apprentice named Skuba accepted the challenge. He stuffed a lamb with sulphur and glass and set it outside the dragon's cave. The dragon ate it and soon became incredibly thirsty. He turned to the Vistula River for relief and drank and drank. But no amount of water could quench his aching stomach, and after swelling up from drinking half the Vistula river, he exploded. Skuba married the King's daughter as promised, and they lived happily ever after.

The moral of this story is of course that you should not drink too much. An advise that fits the Polish people of course! haha, have seen allot Vodka bars here.
We went to a Vodka bar, in Wroclaw Tuesday, I had 2,5 shots in 3 different tastes.  haha. Cherry is nice, Pear is not so good or whatever it was. There where all these dwarfs everywhere in Wroclaw, very funny how Art can make such a statement. It became like a tourist thing, now days there are like 250. I think I've seen 20 or 30 maybe. But what I like about them is that they fit with the location, there is a drinking dwarf in front of the Vodka bar, one that gets cash out of his own bank in front of the bank and a tooth dwarf next to a dental clinic.

Krakow has a lot of tourists. I hear to much Dutch and English here.. :P Vienna will be even worse I guess. The Couch surfing meeting I went to Wednesday was very nice. The police came over because neighbors were complaining about noise...  There is a law in Poland that you cannot make noise outside after 10pm. I talked all evening with an Indian guy, a French boy and a Polish girl. The Indian guy is now my host by the way, his name is Manindra and he is very kind. I feel at home because his house is as messy as mine is. :P haha. I feel a bit bad because I stayed home on Friday night but I felt so tired and I felt like just spending some time alone. Today on the walking tour made allot of pictures they will hopefully be online soon :P :)

Please send a message or whatever as your response :P if you don't know what to write just say: Peach and I now you actually red this story :) ;) I want to know who the silent followers are.

 Thanks to Rob Moir for helping me a bit with the grammar, (check out his new CD or tracks because they are Awesome :) ) 

Dutch update

Zo deze week was me er eentje, heb amper gepost ik weet t. Maar ben ook zelden alleen, veel interessante mensen ontmoet. En ook mijn lichaam heeft veel rust nodig gehad deze week. En dat is oke, hierom reis ik ook alleen zodat ik op mijn eigen tempo een stad kan zien. Krakow is een mooie stad, al wroclaw had meer sfeer naar mijn mening. Poolse mensen komen vaak beetje zenuwachtig over, naar mijn idee hebben ze vaak een negatieve instelling in de zin van iets is al snel t einde van de wereld. Maar ze zijn erg vriendelijk en bescheiden. Ze zijn bang Engels te praten en dan met fouten maar over de linie kunnen ze t vrij goed. 

Ik heb veel gerust deze week, wroclaw gezien, op 3 verschillende plaatsen geslapen. Bij de ongelofelijk lieve Asia en Jan en in het Yellow hostel wat ik onconfortabeler vond dan de meeste huizen. Al had ik t niet zo slecht voor c.a 10 euro met ontbijt een 8 persoons kamer waar we maar met zn 2e sliepen. Vandaag maak ik een doos en stuur ik overbodige ballast naar huis mn arm speelt redelijk op en dat maakt t lastiger.

Nu lig ik heerlijk in een bad met schuim :) 

Niet verkeerd vind ik.