tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638736608616808432024-03-18T02:59:20.327+00:00 Come Fly With Me...Tea the travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940495743543675263noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063873660861680843.post-31881461859298631092018-10-07T13:26:00.000+01:002018-10-07T13:53:12.145+01:00Birthday in Cappadocia...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As my closest ones know my birthday is number one day of the year for me. I was born in March and as soon as the New Year's celebrations end, my planning starts! :D<br />
I'm one of those girls memes like this one were inspired by. Yup, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/comeflywithmeblog/">that's me.</a> :))<br />
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So yes, every year I try to do something special for my birthday. Most of the times that means - travel somewhere! Close or faraway it doesn't matter, as long as it's somewhere I've never been before.This year it was Cappadocia, Turkey. Being lazy as I am, this blog post was supposed to be written 7 months ago, but hey...there's one from last year I still haven't published yet haha.<br />
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The idea came to me last summer, while chilling at the beach I said to my friend 'Do you wanna visit Cappadocia for a few days for my birthday?' and she was like 'Tea, it's August, your bday is in March next year!!' I gave her that you-know-me look and she said yes, ok, let's go :))<br />
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My sister didn't need much of persuading and the rest was open for whoever wanted to join.</div>
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The greatest thing about this trip, besides the destination, was - US! <br />
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4 women who never traveled together before (except for my sister and me), some of them didn't even know each other from before and we still had an amazing time. Without having to put any extra effort to please anyone, without losing temper over anything. We didn't even fight over the use of a bathroom hahaha. <br />
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There's this saying about how you should be careful who you travel with blah blah...but I think that simply doesn't matter as long as everyone is open minded, easy to communicate with and adaptable to most of the situations. Unfortunately, some of the other girls couldn't join us, otherwise it would be even more memorable than it already is.<br />
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Maybe this post should be all about people you travel with rather than the destination? How do you or did you choose who to travel with? How did you know you'll click and have a great time together? Do you have any negative experiences traveling with your family or friends? My decision is always based on how much they also love to travel from 1 to the end of the world :)<br />
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Anyhow, tickets were bought with Turkish Airlines on a special offer for 240 EUR </div>
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Zag-Ist-Asr-Ist-Zag. <br />
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TIP 1: Cappadocia has two airports, make sure you tell your host/hotel if they are picking you up which airport should they come to. :)<br />
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Travel dates were mid of March for 5 days. We found our cave rooms over Booking.com and (speaking as a person with a really light sleep) that was the best sleep I had in ages!!! <br />
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Göreme is one small town (population of 2000) and <a href="https://www.booking.com/hotel/tr/goreme-valley-cave-house.en-gb.html?aid=330631;label=msn-6XW5qP8NRvG4JPMnl_yDkA-4783486605%3Atikwd-16594264656%3Aloc-49%3Anes%3Amte%3Adec%3Aqsgoreme%20valley%20cave%20house;sid=6a2796920e9e7a2ffbbb73454591473d;dest_id=-750642;dest_type=city;dist=0;hapos=1;hpos=1;room1=A%2CA;sb_price_type=total;srepoch=1538907838;srfid=8bbc243c57ea21800b08e46910c6200932144bd3X1;srpvid=abdd491e2a0804dd;type=total;ucfs=1&#hotelTmpl">Göreme Valley Cave house</a> is located just 5 min walk from all the shops and restaurants in the city center. The price for this room for six people was just 225 EUR for 5 nights (divided on 4 of us...you do the math).<br />
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The hosts were really nice and helpful, they organized transfer from and to the airport for 5 EUR per person. <br />
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They also organized a tour for us, 25 EUR per person to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derinkuyu_underground_city">Derinkuyu underground city</a>, Paradise Valley with a must stop to a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Salk%C4%B1m-Tepesi-Panorama-Kapadokya-133823240125997/">Salkim Tepesi Cafe</a> with a beautiful panoramic view. We also visited 'fairy chimneys' which was the best part of that one day trip around Göreme. I think the place we went was called Zemi Valley. The locals say that a part of Zemi Valley is also called Love Valley. Why? See photos below and let me know if you get it. ;)<br />
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Food wise you don't have to worry. There are street food places and proper restaurants on every corner and you can't decide which one is better 'cause the food is goooood!!! <br />
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On the second day we had our long awaited balloon ride. One of my favorite birthday presents! The weather was good, the wind was perfect, the sunrise was stunning, the experience was what we hoped it would be. <br />
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Göreme museum was on the list as well, for that same afternoon. It is a nice walk from the city center so don't take a car, especially if the weather is good, and enjoy the surrounding nature of Cappadocia.<br />
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TIP 2: I hate to bargain but it is necessary if you don't want to be ripped off. Prices between 100-130 EUR are acceptable for the balloon ride in a big basket that holds up to 20 people. For private tours be ready to pay much, much more. You can either set the price online before you even get there or on the spot, it's up to you, but don't say yes to the first one they offer.<br />
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On my actual birthday we had a reservation in one of the hotels for the breakfast with a view but some kind of a mix-up happened and we ended up at the wrong address not having breakfast but at least we entered for free and took some amazing pics :) <br />
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As I said, our hosts were really nice so in the evening they brought me a cake, they singed and Mama of the house gave us all little presents.<br />
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As much as I love to be spontaneous or at least try to, I plan my trips months ahead, which means, even before I return from 'this one' I already know when and where will I go next. Probably even when and where will I go after that 'next one' too. </div>
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So, how did we end up planning a trip to Jordan? Fun fact, we were supposed to go to Central America in October/November (Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Mexico...anywhere). In the meantime I changed my job and vacation time was only possible in August. The question was - now what?! Honestly I don't prefer traveling during July and August - prices go up, flights are fully booked, it's too hot or too cold, or too rainy, or too stormy #eyeroll so I started to roll the Globe...</div>
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There are certain destinations in the Middle East I haven't been to while living 'in the neighborhood' and after searching for good deals in different parts of the world I ended up looking at Iran, Lebanon, Jordan... Jordan it was!</div>
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Jordan - officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a sovereign Arab state in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north, Israel and Palestine to the west. <br />
Jordan is relatively small country, a population numbering 10 million. <br />
Dominant religion is Sunni Islam.<br />
Official language is Arabic, but most of Jordanians speak English quite well.<br />
Currency - Jordan dinar (JOD or JD) is one of the strongest currencies in the world, just after Kuwait dinar, Bahrain dinar and Oman rial.<br />
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TIP 1: before arriving in Jordan check out the <a href="https://www.jordanpass.jo/contents/Prices.aspx" target="_blank">Jordan pass</a> - it includes a visa fee and lots of entrance tickets! We bought the Jordan Explorer and hadn't had to worry about paying the entrance anywhere we went. </div>
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Day one: I took the night flight with Turkish airlines from Zagreb to Istanbul and further Amman. Landed around 5 in the morning. Since buses don't operate that early the only way to reach the hotel was taking a taxi. Taxi rates, as Google said, were around 50 EUR, but Jordan has its own version of Uber called Careem. </div>
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TIP 2: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/careem-%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85-car-booking-app/id592978487?mt=8" target="_blank">Download the app</a>, request a car when you pick up your bags from the carousel and head to the departures area where he will come and pick you up. Don't be afraid to answer the phone when some crazy looking number calls (it will say United Arab Emirates is calling you) - they just want to confirm the pick up place for you and the UAE number is calling you because their central office is located there.</div>
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Anyhow, the ride from the airport to the <a href="https://www.booking.com/hotel/jo/arab-tower.en-gb.html?aid=311984;label=arab-tower-7YnLnX8SKGAaL2OZCXOlIwS258608027899%3Apl%3Ata%3Ap1%3Ap2%3Aac%3Aap1t1%3Aneg%3Afi%3Atiaud-146342138230%3Akwd-17583313912%3Alp1007612%3Ali%3Adec%3Adm;sid=6a2796920e9e7a2ffbbb73454591473d;dest_id=-970362;dest_type=city;dist=0;hapos=1;hpos=1;room1=A%2CA;sb_price_type=total;srepoch=1537088603;srfid=6d49a6c8d9e5a93c347aa7f87df9e9b7adfd6086X1;srpvid=d80b3fad68070190;type=total;ucfs=1&#hotelTmpl" target="_blank">Arab Tower hotel</a>, where we stayed for two nights, was 20 EUR! The car was new and clean, the driver was very polite and traveling alone at that moment made me feel very safe. I'm not one of those people who are afraid and who see danger in every thing they do so maybe someone would call me stupid and reckless but that's just me. </div>
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6 am arriving in our hotel in the center of Amman, dead tired, went straight to bed. The receptionist at the hotel was more than helpful with tips on how to reach the Citadel and Rainbow street and of course letting me know how everyone around there knows about Croatia cause they all cheered for us during <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BlU2LH-lBKy/?taken-by=comeflywithmeblog" target="_blank">the World cup</a> <img alt="😂" data-goomoji="1f602" data-image-whitelisted="" goomoji="1f602" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f602" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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Amman is a city on 7 hills, just like Rome, so make sure to bring comfy shoes and be ready to walk a lot of stairs. The center of the city is very dirty, trash everywhere, however the touristy sights and most of the neighborhoods are clean. They have big fines for littering but somehow people still throw away trash out on the streets!</div>
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After that I went to Rainbow street - on Fridays there's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SOUKJARA/" target="_blank">a flee market Souk Jara</a>, where you can find all kinds of handmade/homemade things made by local small business owners. Souvenirs, food, books... Lovely little street full of stands and interesting things where I bought myself a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/roses.jo/" target="_blank">hand painted shirt</a> and bag - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bang.bag/" target="_blank">perfect souvenir</a> <img alt="😍" data-goomoji="1f60d" data-image-whitelisted="" goomoji="1f60d" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f60d" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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Driving around Jordan was...interesting? Daring? Challenging? A bit crazy? Especially within the cities, but as they say - when in Rome do as the Romans do! </div>
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If you're looking for a place to eat, we warmly recommend <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g318895-d12323259-Reviews-Beit_Al_Barakah_Restaurant-Petra_Wadi_Musa_Ma_an_Governorate.html" target="_blank">Beit Al-Barakah restaurant</a> where Mohammed will host you like at his own home. </div>
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We walked approximately 20 kilometers that day! And still didn't reach the most faraway point of Petra - The Monastery. Remember those comfy shoes I mentioned earlier? Good, bring them! </div>
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Petra by night is not included in Jordan pass so we payed 20 EUR per person for that experience. Be careful if you want to visit Petra by night because it doesn't happen every night The show runs only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.</div>
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Day five: on the way to Wadi Rum desert. A place where the movies Lawrence of Arabia and The Martian were filmed, we booked a tent in a <a href="https://www.booking.com/hotel/jo/wadi-rum-dream-camp-wadi-rum.en-gb.html?aid=311984;label=wadi-rum-dream-camp-wadi-rum-5KeuCY8Mbc5_Y3vphy5jdAS181429298577%3Apl%3Ata%3Ap1%3Ap2%3Aac%3Aap1t1%3Aneg%3Afi%3Atiaud-146342138230%3Akwd-65101403859%3Alp1007612%3Ali%3Adec%3Adm;sid=6a2796920e9e7a2ffbbb73454591473d;dest_id=900048616;dest_type=city;dist=0;hapos=1;hpos=1;room1=A%2CA;sb_price_type=total;srepoch=1537088614;srfid=36bf01ef67eadb3e664637c53cb9a5881b20cdc2X1;srpvid=d80b3fb27a040022;type=total;ucfs=1&#hotelTmpl" target="_blank">Wadi Rum Dream Camp</a>.</div>
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Sleeping in a tent, well, actually it was more like glamping since we were once again upgraded to a better 'room', was a unique experience. And not in a good way haha, we didn't sleep at all, it was too hot, even with the open door the cold night desert air didn't come in and I guess that was the day when all three of us got a bit stomach sick for the rest of our trip. </div>
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Day seven: The Dead sea. Didn't know what to expect, how the 'beach' will look like so we ended up a bit disappointed. Only big fancy resorts and two smaller ones with special prices for the locals are located along the coast. Fancy hotels are more than expensive if you just wanna spend a few hours at the pool and use their beach and showers. We found a smaller no-name one, payed 20 JOD per person to get in, float in the Dead sea, shower and leave. It is something you HAVE TO DO, however, in my opinion, it's not worth the time, energy or the money, unless you stay in one of those super expensive fancy and clean places haha. </div>
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Put Jordan on your Bucket list, Places to visit before I'm too old to walk or drive list or whatever list of travel wishes you have - you won't regret it! </div>
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...already planning my 'next one'...this was country number 55 for me, going for 56 and 57 <img alt="💪" data-goomoji="1f4aa" data-image-whitelisted="" goomoji="1f4aa" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f4aa" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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<span class="m_3445956563569927917s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was happy whenever I could've helped with any kind of advice, suggestion, piece of information cause I knew how it felt not knowing anyone and not having anyone to ask for that kind of help. And trust me, you have a gazillion questions and need just one person to make you feel more comfortable, to calm you down, to tell you it's not that hard, before you pack your bags, leave home and start that crazy expat (cabin crew) life. </span></span></div>
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it's been a year since I moved back home, back to my beautiful Zagreb... ♡<br />
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Wasn't as hard as many thought it would be! I heard so many opinions about everything, how I won't be able to find a job, how I should forget about traveling once I get back, how crazy I am to even consider going back to Croatia, how I haven't thought it through or how I'll miss my old life for sure. What to say, I proved them all wrong! 😜<br />
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People who never left Croatia told me not to come back, but they couldn't have known how it felt to want to come back, the ones who left told me to think it through carefully but they supported me, the ones who left and came back understood me best. At the end it's all personal, subjective decision that varies from one person to another...<br />
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My decision to return to Croatia wasn't impulsive, hasn't been based only on emotions and it wasn't stupid (yeah, I heard that as well), not at all. I knew what I was doing, I thought it through so many times, gave myself time to process, I put everything on the paper, all the pros and cons, talked about it with family and friends a lot, calculated my financials and did all the homework before making this decision. The one that was best for me, knowing I can always move again, change my plans along the way, cause I am capable and not afraid of doing it.<br />
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Coming back is not a final, it's not my last stop and I never said it was forever. On the contrary, I still feel restless, I still have this wish to discover, explore and challenge myself, but for now is what I need. If the opportunity falls in my lap to go somewhere new again I'd take it, I'm open to everything, but I'm not desperately looking for one, not yet at least.<br />
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Summer of 2016 was my summer off, after which I applied for A job, and got that one, after a few months I applied for another ONE, and got that one too... Maybe I was just lucky but it wasn't hard to find one, like everyone predicted it'd be. It's a 9-5 office job and I like it! The job itself and the fact it's a 'steady, boring, same-people-every-day, office job'. 😃<br />
I like the fact I have a schedule, to know when it's time to eat, sleep, work, work out, and I haven't been sick all the time! Plus plus plus. 😁<br />
Who knows what will happen when my feet become itchy again...but I do enjoy this for now. 😊<br />
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Yes, I do miss certain things from my expat life. I miss the food, oh halloumi cheese, hummus, tabbouleh, dumplings, tropical fruits... I miss my friends and our days off, nights out, driving around on a scooter, my little students, living with my best friend. I miss Mc'Donalds delivery and sunny warm weather all year long. 😋 But do I miss the job? Would I go back to it? No. Not for one second I considered that option. I had a great time working as cabin crew, then it stopped being so great and that's why I left. As simple as that. Also Tainan, moving there I accomplished what I needed and wanted and when I felt it was time, I left. And it all felt sooo good! So no, I wouldn't go back to cabin crew life in Dubai if I had a chance to do so once again. 😉<br />
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The last thing that was pissing me off (pardon my French) was everyone telling me how I can forget about my far away travels, maybe once a year they said, maybe.<br />
But once again - everyone is different. My priorities are not same as yours, my way of handling my salary is not the same as yours, what's important to me doesn't have to be important to you...so YES, I STILL TRAVEL! ☝✈<br />
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Not on daily basis, not with a discounted standby tickets, and not with a salary I used to have, but I do travel every few months, on my terms, the way I like to, with the people I choose to.<br />
In the last year I've visited Dubai in November (yes, again, I know), Czech republic in January, Bali in March and now it's time for summer in Croatia! Don't think that's bad, not at all, considering plans for the rest of the year and for the year 2018 are all in place already. 😄😎💪<br />
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I'm not saying and I wasn't going to say it was easy to come back, but it wasn't so hard either. Of course there are moments when I still feel like I don't belong here completely, I'm still finding myself lost in a way, Things have changed, little stuff you don't fully see while you're away, relationships changed, not for worse or better, they just did, some people left your life and some new came along.<br />
I changed and only now and here I see how and in what ways. Other things stayed the same. Certain expectations got higher, there's a lot of explaining and adjusting, realizing all of the above and accepting it because YOU are the one who left, YOU are the one who came back and most definitely YOU are the one who has to adopt to everything, once again...<br />
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Moving back was as challenging as it was moving away, however I wouldn't change one thing, not one decision, not a day in my life, if I could. 💗<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Five months in Tainan just flew by and what can I say - it's been great five months so far :)</span><br />
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In my last post I told you about a birthday gift to myself, a plain ticket to Philippines! </div>
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Buying an airplane ticket is so much better than buying shoes (and I LOVE shoes!), it feels like opening the first page of a new book. The feeling of not knowing what's waiting for you on the next page. You can imagine it,but before you get there and see it with your own eyes nothing can describe it so perfectly. The sweet waiting and anticipation...</div>
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To pick one of more than 7000 beautiful islands this country has was not easy, however, when the tickets are cheap(er) for one of those destinations it helps you decide. Palawan it was!</div>
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Two years ago I planned a vacation in Boracay with my friend Adri but ended up in Zanzibar instead because of visa requirements which was a bit tricky to make happen at the last moment considering the job we were doing back then. Nowadays Croatians don't require visa to enter this SE Asian country which was one more reason to chose it for my trip</div>
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The third reason 'why?' was the beauty of its nature, yummy food and friendly Filipino people. Well, those are actually three reasons but I count them all in as one category. Why? Because those are the only actual memories you will remember long after your trip...</div>
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You won't remember how much you've spent but you will remember some of the most breathtaking sunsets, beaches, woods, mountains, waterfalls you've seen.</div>
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Since I've already been to Philippines many times before, but only in Manila, I couldn't wait to experience its other side - easy going, relaxed, poor but happy island of Palawan.</div>
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Must say my first thought about the place was that it looked a lot like Zanzibar. As I said, easy going, relaxed, poor, the same climate, similar food, approachable people...</div>
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Five days in a small hotel in the city of Puerto Princesa was really cheap and easy to find and book through Booking.com, but five days was not even closely enough to see all of what this island has to offer. </div>
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Renting a scooter is also easy and cheap but be prepared to leave your passport at the rental place for insurance. Not the most comfortable thing to do though :/</div>
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Something really different and memorable, specially the part when your guide tells you to keep your mouth closed if you don't want to taste the bat poo falling from above! (...how do you know if all those drops are water or poo? Well, water is cold...) ;)</div>
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After 45 minutes in those dark scary caves I had to go and try the zip line. Nothing can beat the rush and excitement of a free fall out of the airplane but this was also fun and I ticked it off of my list!</div>
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Dining experiences were all more than satisfying. Whether you eat in a well known restaurant, beach bar or at the stand by the road the food will be delicious, service will be fast and you will leave happily full! The only thing in question is how much are you willing to spend on food and drinks? If you are a foodie like me prepare a little extra just in case you can't say no to tasting everything from the menu in every restaurant you go to :D</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Waking up early and going to bed early was my routine since...forever! Then everything changed when I went to Dubai and for years worked at any time of the day and night. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It messes you up, trust me, it really does. Still, I'm trying to catch my old rhythm that I love so much, even now after almost two months I'm not completely myself, but getting there, slowly... It's Tuesday, I woke up at 8 am, and I'm writing again! Woohoo! High five me :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The weather here in Taiwan is, well, nicely put - crazy! The worst winter in the last few decades, sun and rain playing hide and seek day in and day out, it's warm during the day and we sleep in two long sleeves during the night. I'm actually using winter gloves and had to buy a warm winter jacket for scooter rides...brrrr... Yes, a scooter! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the land where everyone live on that thing (not the biggest fan of motorbikes, scooters etc.) it was about time to get my own, as much as I would love not to, and get to know the city easier and much faster than on foot or bike. The secret, the unspoken rule in traffic around here is (and by here I mean in most of Asian countries) the bigger, the stronger, the faster - has the priority! Accidents on the roads are so usual. Not everyone will turn their heads to see what happened, just another one down. Don't be scared, people are not dying daily on the streets, I know it sounds like it, but it's not fast and furious around here, I just want to point out how common it is to see an accident whether it was a serious one or just a minor bump.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anyhow... I'm driving a scooter now, another thing I never thought I would do hahaha :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For some of you it sounds ridiculous but, as I said already, I don't like them, they don't look safe, I already have a running nose and... Hmmm, those two reasons are more than enough for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the positive note, it feels like I'm in Disney world once again!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Asian girls are well known for their love of funky fashion and cartoon characters all over their clothes. Not just clothes but everything they have! And did I mention how much I love cartoons? And glitter? Minnie and Mickey? Minions? Snoopy? Fairytale princesses? No? Well I do now - I LOVE IT #iwannabeaprincess <3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That being said imagine what was the only thing that made me happy about buying this monster on two wheels? A possibility of buying super, ultra, cool, awesome, cute HELMET with...guess what - cartoon characters :) :) :) #happyasachild</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I went to buy myself one, I was lost like a kid in a candy store, which one to get, which one I like best, which one is the prettiest??? So the decision was made - I'm gonna have one for every single day of the week hahahaha. No, I didn't buy 7 of them, for now, but with time I will have a pretty little collection for sure ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Prices of these kind of helmets are between 20 and 60 USD, and the prices of used scooters 50ccm are between 60 and 160 USD (depending on your negotiating skills - that's why my friend did it for me, cause you remember, I suck at it) :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The other thing I bought this week was an airplane ticket! Surprise, surprise? Not really... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I made this decision of coming to Taiwan I made another decision - I will try to travel around Asia to the places where I haven't been yet or to the places where I want to go back to. And I'm not coming back (home) for good until I cross over a few more destinations on my list! First of them is the amazingly beautiful country of Philippines and its Palawan island. Plan for now is to go alone, while crossing fingers a friend of mine gets days off to join me on this weekend getaway at the end of March. Let's call it a pre-birthday gift to myself :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's not going to be my first time in the Philippines but it is going to be the first time on the island. Manila can't be compared to the nature of the islands so I'm expecting a whole different experience! One more thing I can't wait to do there is to be pampered in some nice beauty salon... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ohhh, the best beauty technicians in the world come from the Philippines (you should all meet my friend Maggie in Dubai)! Sandy beaches, breathtaking sunsets, delicious food, friendly people, cocktails, my camera, a good book... Can I skip right through and go there tomorrow?! :)</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: "georgia";">"A little reading is all the therapy a person needs sometimes."</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Talking about books... Still didn't find a proper bookstore where I can find and buy books in English. There is one but it has, like, 10 titles which is making it hard to choose from when you have read half of them already :D </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But all the bookstores and used books stores I found were all those kind of places where even the most grumpiest person in the world would feel calm and happy, where the book haters would start loving to read, where the atmosphere is just like an old book - has that special heart warming scent, occupies you with all its content and makes you wanna come back again. After visiting one like that, I'm not even sad I haven't found myself a new one to put on a shelf, I'm happy to know those kind of places exist absolutely everywhere I go in this world and I can go there anytime I want and just be...</span><br />
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Tea the travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940495743543675263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063873660861680843.post-61575129996330637622015-08-15T16:14:00.002+01:002015-08-15T16:20:28.669+01:00It's me again! :p<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I know I haven't been active lately, actually I haven't been writing to you at all! Shame on me :( but here I am again and will definitely try harder! With all the flying around, writing weekly for Index Rouge and chasing my feelings up and down the emotional rollercoaster it's been easier to just...let it be. </div>
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What I realized is that this blog brought me my first followers, here and on Facebook, first 'you go girl' encouraging comments, this blog gave me the opportunity to write articles in my own language for the last 2 years and to help other girls, and boys, to become cabin crew. It brought me some new friendships and most of all - the courage to write and share my stories with the world! <3 Therefore, I promise to write more often ;)</div>
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During these last few months I have been everywhere, I've seen countries I wanted to visit since I was a little girl. These last few months were both hectic and boring, emotional and excited, hard and joyful. During that time I grew up a little bit more, decided what I want to do and where I wanna go next! I also learned how important it is to always have a plan B and believe in yourself and while making those plans always put yourself first! Decide what where and how only according to YOUR wishes! As selfish as it sounds it is your life, right? So, that's exactly what I did, or going to do, decision has been made but I'm not gonna reveal all the detail just yet, but soon enough... :)</div>
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I still live in Dubai, and it's still hot and sandy, I still work as a cabin crew and I still get a chance ti be left speachless and breathless every once in a while. That's the only constant in a life of a flight attendant :)</div>
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Now I wanna share with you a few amazing layover moments from around the world...</div>
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After seeing this colorful, winter, Scandinavian sunset I asked myself if I still prefer summer sun?<br><br></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEbNeWvBjWWzr971HMn9EJMJDgY-7tboaBT-OEY9IdSbBZXPHZ4srXnPBL8ETvSdfvrm1tauuek7LOX2Si7lzHGMEapRiqOCq_RCkBazb6BFVexkE0ar6GWpYoM4zvJV4mWIf95a3Yik/s640/blogger-image--1307954636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEbNeWvBjWWzr971HMn9EJMJDgY-7tboaBT-OEY9IdSbBZXPHZ4srXnPBL8ETvSdfvrm1tauuek7LOX2Si7lzHGMEapRiqOCq_RCkBazb6BFVexkE0ar6GWpYoM4zvJV4mWIf95a3Yik/s640/blogger-image--1307954636.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MuwGVP5HhaNEOJ4KNm9DbGujva2hYlNDKGuB1M-2KAbvjLJhzrwoWe46js0vKR7cAqdZKGMJVFyRsHbXQTSH7SOgGWHoDsjBfQmrk-fgL0nOHEvhiuF9GxEroYdI1f6vIpSlrmkWLwo/s640/blogger-image--1961222977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MuwGVP5HhaNEOJ4KNm9DbGujva2hYlNDKGuB1M-2KAbvjLJhzrwoWe46js0vKR7cAqdZKGMJVFyRsHbXQTSH7SOgGWHoDsjBfQmrk-fgL0nOHEvhiuF9GxEroYdI1f6vIpSlrmkWLwo/s640/blogger-image--1961222977.jpg"></a></div><br></div>
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"Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world has its own special sunset, and it's worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down..."</i></div>
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Finally experiencing that 'I'm gonna freeze to death' winter feeling in Russia made my answer to the above question about summer sun much MUCH easier! :) But having fun with the crew made me feel tiny bit warmer. </div>
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"In the midst of winter I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."</i></div>
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Some days you spend enjoying your 'my-time' and still have an unforgettable layover. Different face of China, if I can put it like that, left me hungry for more!<br></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSFKhV3sb1YTAYA0AlSB7JRQreKxeFE9NzklweRsTQFA2tfAGcuCeZS2EZqbriimqLBvFdnmHvCaObLMsAxsV3hdoGvSrXrk6WSqbocU92fCmbglw-6KR7CYZyDzWfbv-wdmW_Jpx5FU/s640/blogger-image--2078438085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSFKhV3sb1YTAYA0AlSB7JRQreKxeFE9NzklweRsTQFA2tfAGcuCeZS2EZqbriimqLBvFdnmHvCaObLMsAxsV3hdoGvSrXrk6WSqbocU92fCmbglw-6KR7CYZyDzWfbv-wdmW_Jpx5FU/s640/blogger-image--2078438085.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwRQfzOWTNpqIUXTQARZ5m7hnHWtpjuJasn9V2I2rJPVmInJZ1uEHub-XdirhZ8av-4POimf9XR84WcawZZW7-cvmkHkZHc28fx_44Iy4lUiaA7GcuLUgFblWCJcpwRV92nnJoSm61dc/s640/blogger-image-621785474.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwRQfzOWTNpqIUXTQARZ5m7hnHWtpjuJasn9V2I2rJPVmInJZ1uEHub-XdirhZ8av-4POimf9XR84WcawZZW7-cvmkHkZHc28fx_44Iy4lUiaA7GcuLUgFblWCJcpwRV92nnJoSm61dc/s640/blogger-image-621785474.jpg"></a></div><br></div>
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"Traveling is like flirting with life... It's like saying 'I would stay and love you, but I ave to go...'"</i></div>
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One of the most tiring flights E-V-E-R ended up being one of the nicest layovers in one of the American cities I wanna go back to. Soon!</div>
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"I love the feeling of exploring a brand new city."</i></div>
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The rest is coming up soon, so many stories to tell and experiences to share so stay tuned hehe ;)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I wish You all a happy New 2015! To be even better than the last one! </span></div>
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Tea the travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940495743543675263noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063873660861680843.post-59172853872748782542014-10-23T17:40:00.000+01:002014-10-23T17:40:49.018+01:00Pearl of Africa...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Came back last night from a layover in Uganda. First time in that country, one short day spent there and I can't wait to go back. Why the pearl of Africa? Uganda was referred like it by Winston Churchill because of its magnificence and so the name stayed. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Was trying to get on Entebbe flight with only one wish, to visit one of the orphanages (one of many) and meet those kids my Miss A was telling me about. She's been there a few months ago, and met a boy named Adrian. Since then she wanted to go back and visit him, promised to buy him some toys and sunglasses. He is the oldest kid in that home, 9 years old... So when I swapped my Birmingham for Entebbe she went and bought a scooter and the sunglasses. I packed my suitcase and went on a 5 hours flight to find and meet Adrian. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Republic of Uganda is one of 48 landlocked countries in the world, which means it's entirely enclosed by land. It's located in east Africa and bordered by Kenya, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania. Substantial portion of Lake Victoria included in the southern part of the country situates Uganda in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile basin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962 so it doesn't surprise that the official language is English, with Luganda, a central language, widely spoken across the country. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Something interesting I have read about Uganda, and not a positive thing what so ever is this... - "In 2009, the Ugandan parliament considered an Anti-Homosexuality Bill which would have broadened the criminalisation of homosexuality by introducing the death penalty for people who have previous convictions, or are HIV-positive, and engage in same-sex sexual acts. The bill also included provisions for Ugandans who engage in same-sex sexual relations outside of Uganda, asserting that they may be extradited back to Uganda for punishment. The death penalty was dropped in the final legislation and replaced by life imprisonment. As of January 2014, homosexuality is illegal in Uganda and carries a minimum sentence of two years in prison and a maximum of life."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lots of interesting facts about this country can be found on line, like the fact that Uganda is one of the poorest nations in the world, with almost 38% of the population living on less than 1,25$ a day. Child labour is common in this part of the world. With more than 300 Mountain Gorillas, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has approximately half of the world's population of Mountain Gorillas. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Have you ever heard of lions climbing trees??? Me neither. But there are some, Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to the tree climbing lions. Lions do not normally climb trees, except when chased by another lion group or wild buffalo. However the tree climbing lions found in this National Park intentionally climb trees and rest on them in the afternoon, when the sun is high. This is a truly unique phenomenon. There have only been rare similar sightings of this in Lake Manyara National Park of Tanzania.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There is also a rule about cutting trees - if you cut one you'll have to plant 3, and this rule is really present in Uganda. In Uganda you can even get a wine made of bananas! And the local beer is called Nile Special.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is the biggest alcohol consuming country in the world, as well the world's youngest country with its 50% of the population being under 14 years old!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If a Ugandan person tells you he or she needs to make 'a short call' it usually means they need to use the toilet :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Learning that we came to Uganda's resort on the Lake Victoria, must say, one of the most beautiful ones I have ever seen. But seeing the poverty on the streets on our way from the airport just felt so unfair, it makes you feel guilty...? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And as I said the plan was different, I didn't come to enjoy the pool but I came cause I wanted to go to the orphanage and help those kids and women taking care of them in a small way I could and knew how to - by buying the food and toiletries they need, bringing some toys and chocolates, and the most important thing spending time with them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Unfortunately we couldn't stay long cause it was close to their bath/dinner/bed time but that one hour, 5 of us who came together enjoyed the company of almost 20 little ones. Adrian wasn't there, was really sad I couldn't meet him, but hearing he is in school and he'll be back for Christmas break (and that's when he'll get his present from Miss A I brought for him) made me</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">hopeful that maybe, somehow, after all, some of these kids will have some kind of a future one day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of the ladies who's taking care of them told me that most of them are brought to that place by the police who find them out on the streets, left alone. The smallest one was found in the garbage dump in the 'last minute' and she spent months in the hospital fighting for her little life. Now she is a strong baby but very very tiny... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The other one, little Jo - age unknown, they can only guess but no one knows for sure. They have electricity problems, they don't have enough money of course, or the rest of the things they need for the kids...and the story goes on... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But despite all of that all these kids are smiling, laughing, playing... They were so happy when they saw us! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Y</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ou can't imagine how warm and gentle they are, how much they need love and affection and how much love they can show you in that one hour! You just want to give them all, everything you can, but the only thing you can is just promise them you will be back one day again...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When you feel their small arms hugging you so strongly, like they never want to let you go it just breaks your heart when you have to leave them. And go back to that beautiful resort of ours?! Feels so wrong... :( </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That orphanage is one of many in Uganda, and all of them are struggling, all of them are doing their best, all of them have volunteers working as nurses, and all of those children are beyond happy and grateful if you come to visit them and play with them for a little while. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So if you have that chance, not just in Uganda, but anywhere in the world, to go and visit an orphanage, buy some food and soap, baby nappies, bring some old clothes or toys no one plays with any more it will mean so much to them! So much! You will do a good de</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ed, you will feel better just being there with them, seeing them smile with those beautiful white teeth, looking at you with their huge puppy eyes, showing you around where they sleep and where they play, hugging you, showing you so much affection it just fills your heart up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On the way back to the airport we stopped by the road to buy some delicious fruits and veggies, fresh and cheap... Imagine, more than a kilo of avocados for only 1US$?! ONE! :)) So we left the rest of the money to the kids who were around. People seem so warm and nice, not for a second I felt scared or anything. No ebola in Uganda... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have never met a person who didn't like their vacation in my beautiful country, or heard 'Oh I so wanna go there!', 'That's my next vacation destination!' and so on when I say where I'm from :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And it makes me happy when people ask me for suggestions, tips, when they want to listen about it, hear stories or learn interesting stuff about Croatia :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So this is another one, about an amazing week on a boat, sailing around southern islands of Adriatic coast... One week layover in Croatia :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The vacation started when we came to Primosten, where our boat was parked in marina Kremik. 6 of us and our lovely skipper Jure started our little adventure :) Out of everything else the most adventurous thing for all of us was the size of the boat, actually cabins/rooms and sleeping in the same ones :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">When you're a couple of not so tiny/small/skinny people you definitely come back with tons of bruises. Kicking your head, knees, elbows, toes became so normal that when I came back home I kinda missed it (nooot!) :) How small it was is easy to explain - when I stepped in the room my ass was left outside on the deck :p Get the picture? :))</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We spent the night in Primosten where we woke up with one of the most beautiful sight that week. Sunset was amazing, but waking up surrounded with all the shades of blue you can imagine was even more breath taking. Whether it was the sea or the sky, and you are somewhere in the middle staring at it and feeling peaceful... Breathing in that fresh air and soaking in sun rays, charging your mental batteries in a split of a second... Breathe in breathe out... I'm here. we're finally here. First vacation with my best friend, first vacation with Him, first time on a sailing boat, first day of this, soon to be, one of the greatest week so far!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is interesting about this place is its beach <em>Mala Raduča </em>which is voted one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in Croatia. Primosten is famous for its huge and beautiful vineyards, and what I didn't know is that a picture of those vineyards is hung in the UN center in New York. They are also under consideration</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to become a UNESCO World Heritage site :) Never enough of those!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Plan for the week was that there's no plan at all. So we planned every day according to Jure's recommendations, weather forecasts, wind, and our wishes :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">First destination - island of Vis...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Weather was amazing for almost the whole week, and that day even the wind was excellent for sailing, so we did. All the way, and it was a long wavy way so when we finally arrived we couldn't wait to get off and go for dinner, step on a solid ground :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Island Vis is the farthest</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">inhabited island off the Croatian mainland, with the two bigger cities - Vis on the east part of the island and Komiza on the west. Stopping on the way from Vis to Komiza, swimming in the small bays, seeing The Green cave called like that cause of the emerald color of the cave when the sun pierce through a small whole on the top of the cave. We weren't that lucky to see its full beauty cause the sun went behind the clouds :( Something much better was the Stiniva cove. With its tremendous scenery and clean water it is one of the most phenomenal beaches I've ever seen... Although it's pretty hard for me to be objective, this place really is something... Best time for visiting is in the morning when there are not so many people so you can enjoy the quietness. The easiest way to reach this small beach is by boat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Reaching Komiza was just perfectly romantic, in the sunset, getting ready for a night out :) That's the reason why we don't have a single pic of the city from far away :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was the best part of the week cause we celebrated my best friend's birthday there. <a href="http://littlemisstwiggy.blogspot.ae/" target="_blank">Little Miss Twiggy </a> blew another set of candles :) In a restaurant on the top of the hill, just next to a small airfield used in the World War II (since it was, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at one point, the site of the general headquarters of Marshal </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Josip Broz Tito</span>, and later on one of the main naval bases of Yugoslavia). Roki's is a small family restaurant with amazing food, drinks, and exterior... We had a guitar, birthday cake, candles, presents, and soon enough everyone in the restaurant, locals and tourists, joined us in singing and drinking :)) A night to remember... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We had delicious dinner, octopus under 'peka'... to understand what it means and how it's being prepared watch this video ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Where we went the next morning left us all speechless... Small island of Bisevo is hiding one of the breathtaking beauty of nature... The Blue Cave. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It has been accessible since 1884, and the approach to the cave is only possible by boat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">18 meters long, 6 meters deep, and 6 meters high... Again, the best time to visit is b</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">etween 10 am and 1 pm when sunbeams that penetrate through the submarine opening in Blue Cave are reflected from the white bottom floor, coloring the cave sapphire blue and objects in the water shiny silver.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Day 4 - via Hvar, another beautiful island, and one of the best (and most expensive) party places in the country, I think :)</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wind in our (messy) hair, sun tanning, drifting slowly, guitar playing, humming some old songs, drinking home made vine, eating... How would you call it? Enjoying sounds like an understatement so I'll teach you a word I like to use - gušt (goosht) is a Croatia word that simply means pleasure :)) Nicer word to express how much I enjoy doing something :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">So, Hvar... A must visit port for every boat that sails through this part of Croatian coast. Rich in history and culture, night life as well we visited it for a day... One short day, as every single day felt like</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Don't</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">know which words to choose, can't decide which pics to post so I'm just letting photos tell you the last part of the story :) Being home again reminded me how much I love it and miss it when I'm not there, thinking about it makes it hard to write about it in the way I feel cause being homesick is the worst feeling when you are so far away... It was so hard for me this time to leave, I think the hardest so far, specially<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cause I was there with Him for the first time and it all felt just perfect ♥ Can we stay a little longer, and not go back to work again so soon, on different parts of the world? And vacation was over just like that :(</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the brighter side - the word of the week was - bombastic! :))) Thanks to Jure, so that's how it was, the word I was looking for :D </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We spent one amazing (khm, bombastic) week and I can't wait for the next vacation! Counting down weeks :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As we travel the world, same places more than once, we discover that certain things are cheaper to buy or to do in other countries rather than in Dubai or back home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So here's a list of things we know, do, buy outstations...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1. FOOD - no one likes food in Dubai, specially fruits and vegetables. Let's face it, it is all imported and by the time it comes to our supermarkets it looks terrible. Even in the fridge it cannot last more than 2 days! Milk tastes so much different so I can't drink it without putting Nesquik in it or fruits making it a milk shake, and I love milk! And about meat I don't even wanna start, I eat meat in Dubai only if I'm dying for Mc'D or KFC! So wherever we go we tend to buy all kinds of food. Germany, mostly Europe actually, and South Africa - meat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In Germany we buy mostly everything so it would be crazy write every single thing :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">USA, Australia - organic, healthy food, fruits and vegetables. Love to but fresh vegetables in Tanzania as well. Mostly everywhere where you can actually smell the realness in it! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Morocco - Argan oil and olives!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Italy - Olive oil, olives, pasta, cheese, prosciutto...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Switzerland - chocolates and cheese! Maybe they are not the cheapest but they are the best :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Argentina - Dulce de leche - yummy! Something like Nutella in Europe or peanut butter in US but this one is made of caramel :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Japan - everything you can imagine that contains green tea! Green tea Kit Kat is pretty famous and delicious! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2. DRINKS - as you all know UAE is a Muslim country so buying alcohol is allowed in specific shops which are pretty far from where most of us live and if you don't have a car it's a pain in the ass to go there and buy a few beers or a bottle of vine if you want to have a glass at this very moment.</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That's why we buy alcohol all over, wherever we can and want to :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can buy beer just anywhere but we usually come back with lots of it from...you guess... Ireland! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Vodka as well, you can buy it anywhere but Russia must be the best place :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With vines we are a little bit more picky so Portugal, France, Italy, South Africa, and California are THE places. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mauritius is known for a good rum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sometimes you wanna try something local and if you like it you end up filling up your suitcase with that specific drink for those lazy nights with your friends in front of the TV or preparing for a crazy night out ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That's why I bought Singaporean and Malaysian beer, Japanese sake, and just recently Philippine vine made out of coconut (didn't try it yet but I hope it's nice :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Rakija is the one we crew from Balkan area bring from home (and everyone is afraid to drink that one haha)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">3. CLOTHES - we love that one! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Don't even know where to start with where we buy what! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Starting from our uniforms, girls especially have to have hundreds of stockings cause we can break them on every single flight, so you buy and buy all kinds of those until you find the good ones! That's why whenever I go to UK I buy so many Primark stockings it's crazy. But it's also crazy how I always end up without them :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Speaking of Primark, that's usually the first place where girls go when in UK!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Where girls also loooove to shop is China! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Whatever fake you wanna find you find it there, cheaper but (almost) same looking :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Underground markets are the most popular places for buying branded bags, clothes, watches, shoes...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Chinese tailors are famous for making whatever you show them on a photo in a day or two, so lots of girls go there to even buy themselves wedding dresses! Prices are crazy low...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you don't want fake but just cheaper you go to US to buy Guess, Michael Kors, Mac, Abercrombie, Victoria's secret, Nike and so on. To Australia to buy Ugg boots, to Spain to shop in Zara, to Brazil to get Havaianas... This list is endless... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Singapore has a funny street market where I always end up buying some cute shirts and accessorize. In Bangkok there's a big shopping mall with similar stuff as well. In US we are always near some shopping area so guess what happens then! Australia is pretty expensive for shopping and since I don't wear Ugg boots I don't really shop there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And Europe is...just Europe. Like home for me so if I want I can go crazy there as well but most of the times I choose sightseeing and good food and drinks, rather than spending a day running through shops and malls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4. BEAUTY TREATMENTS - we flyers all have the same back problems, joint pain, dry/oily skin... Changing hair styles for some is a monthly thing! Our feet hurt after a long flight and our nails look terrible after a busy flight. Some of us want bigger boobs, bigger lips, less cellulite, more tattoos, whiter teeth, you name it! And the best of all is that we can afford it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's easy - we fly for free everywhere so in 24hrs layover it's crazy what you can do! For certain surgeries takes time but you can do whatever you want... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Asian countries are the best for almost everything I mentioned above, and much cheaper too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There's an unspoken rule when you go to Manila, Jakarta or Bangkok you have to go to a beauty salon haha! Mani-pedis, massages, facials, waxing, hair treatments... Everything even three times cheaper than in Dubai! And most of the times you REALLY NEED for someone else to take care of you in that way :))</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Probably I forgot to mention so many other stuff people buy around the world, like electronics for example, but hopefully you got a pretty good picture of how does it work with shopping and cabin crew :)) Lifestyle that lots of us are not willing to let go, you get used to it, you spoil yourself and sometimes you cannot imagine your life without these small rituals or benefits, diversities, choices, discounts :D </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'll just pretend it hasn't been so long and write another story... I missed it... But it takes so much time for me to write something I like and lately I feel like there's not enough time for everything, for everyone... My sleeping is all messed up, have serious back pain for weeks now (should really go see a doctor about it) and I'm a little tired of all this flying around, so whenever I'm off I just want to stay in bed, mmmm :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That being said, just a few hours ago, cause it took me a few hours to do that, I looked through all of my pictures in the last 2 and a half years and I reminded myself once again why have I even started writing, that pushed me to write some more, so here I am, writing, and eating toast sandwich (cause I bought a toaster yesterday) :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Let's see...recent news, layovers, travels, days off... Well, all of that can be summed up in this one post haha... and it will be, cause nothing much happened lately and the only 'subject' I feel like writing about now is the one about how to keep a long distance relationship work :) aka shortest and sweetest weekend ever, in San Francisco! (think I can call it a relationship now, can I?) :p</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyhow it's refreshing to be able to write about it, say it out loud?, share it?, feels good after quite some time, and it is good, more than good...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you haven't noticed already, he lives in New York, and you all know where I live. All this flying and some days off in a row from time to time is making it possible to see each other, more often than I thought it would be, but not often enough as we'd like it. So when he buys a ticket to come to visit me for only 2 days on one of my layovers that's what it means to make an effort... This sentence doesn't sound as nice as I want it to so let me rephrase - no one has ever done something like that for me before. Ah, better. :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes, there were some nice little surprises through the years but nothing left me speechless like this one. Seriously, literally, speechless. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And too excited about the whole thing to tell him that :D But he'll know now, guess I'm better with written than spoken words anyway when it comes to this (usually I have a pretty big mouth haha).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was 3 weeks ago, I had a 15 hours long San Francisco flight, after which I felt like life has been sucked out of me, but he was there waiting and for the next 48 hours I completely forgot about the return sector (another exhausting 15 hours!) :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We took a car and went to explore the city. Parked next to the Union square and walked aaaaall the way to Pier 39. It was a long walk, trust me, after 15 hours flight even going to the toilet from your own bed seems like a long walk! Not so many people out on the streets (they were preparing for a Sunday gay pride?) :) until we came down to the harbor. Perfect sunny day but pretty windy, which means colder than you'd like it in the middle of summer in the Golden state of California.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pier 39 is apparently 'the' spot for all the tourists. Not surprising cause it has a beautiful view of the Angel Island, Alcatraz (or so called The Rock), Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge. There's also Aquarium of the Bay and Marine Mammal Centre, shops, restaurants, and also California sea lions love the docks around the Pier so you can see them laying around there at almost any time :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Other 2 pics are from Oxbow Public Market in Napa, indoor market with an outdoor deck, just next to the Napa River - it <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"features a diverse tenant mixture of local food vendors, artisan cafes and an organic produce outlet for local farms".</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Have to say, city itself didn't wow me. Maybe we just didn't go to the right places but what we did see wasn't that special. Although the food was pretty great - shrimps at Bubba Gump and some margaritas with spicy Mexican food at </span><a href="http://velvetcantina.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Velvet Cantina</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">! Yummy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sunday on the other hand was something completely different. We made a reservation in </span><a href="http://www.grgich.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Grgich Hills Vinery</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and went to Napa Valley for some delicious vine tasting, with a quick stop at the Golden Gate Bridge - one of the most internationally recognized symbols of both California and US. It has been declared one of the Wonders of the Modern World. And yet people don't know about it, from 15 crew who were with me on that flight only the ones who have already been in San Fran knew about the Bridge, and ONLY because they have been there! No one knew about it before, shame... Doing this job and not knowing about the world? Well, just my personal opinion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Early morning sun, just a few tourists and joggers, sea mist around Alcatraz followed by one hour drive into the Valley, higher temperatures, amazing scenery, colors, peace and quiet, relaxed atmosphere... Felt like walking through Narnia doors (it's not like I did walk into Narnia, ever, but you get the point) except there was no snow, lion Aslan or evil queen, only sun, heat and LOTS of delicious vine and yummy types of cheese :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Could've stayed there for awhile, just chillaxing in the shades, overlooking vineyards, sipping a glass of vine or eating fresh cherries, you know, resting, not thinking or worrying about anything, not knowing what time of the day it is... And that's the part I hate the most about this job - always looking at your watch, worrying you'll be late for something, time flying by so fast! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Napa is one really beautiful, dreamy, romantic place, and just when you start properly enjoying it, when you relax, when you take a looooong deeeeeep breath this magic alarm goes on and it's time to go back once again, back to the real world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">W</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">eekend was over. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Michael Bublé was in town performing in Madison Square Garden and I didn't want to miss that one! One more down from the Bucket list :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Heard almost all of my favorite songs, saw quite a show he prepared for us, truly great 2 hours, and enjoyed it even more cause he came with me (not Michael, just to be clear :p) and that was the whole point of going on this concert there specifically :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sales are everywhere, calling my name saying 'come insideeee, buy somethinggg...' you all know how this 'sale' voice sounds :)) It was hard to resist some serious shopping, believe me! I was late for my flight back as well, yes that happened to me for the first time EVER in my life but anyway I was back in time to start my reserve month. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Reserve month is this crazy period of not knowing where and when and if you are going anywhere, one day at a time. So here I am, sitting at my computer, waiting for my roster to change at 6 pm. Is it gonna be another day off, maybe standby again, turnaround or layover, long one, short one, crazy one, easy one... Fingers crossed for something nice :))</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">While we're going crazy anticipating our rosters for the next month, and every month is the same story with crew (someone actually described it like a woman in her PMS, which is not so far away from the truth...) :))</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So while waiting, instead of going crazy in front of my laptop the whole day, refreshing that page and hoping it will finally show up and bring me flights and days I asked for, I'm going to the beach with my dear friend. Not just any beach but THE Beach! Haha, very imaginative name for one of the recently pimped up beaches in the city, so let's see what it has to offer on this hot and sunny Monday afternoon...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's a long drive from my place to The Beach :p so instead of being irritated with the crowd in the metro I started writing this post about last weekend and one great orange day in the city of Amsterdam!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Days before the flight I decided to try and swap it for a Tokyo or Osaka while the cherry trees are still blooming, since it was one of my top wishes while I'm here, but, thankfully, no one wanted to change flights with me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The thing is, we all want to travel to all those far away places, far from our home countries and Japan is definitely one of them for me. Living in Europe Amsterdam is pretty close so let's use the opportunity to go further while we still can. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyhow, that didn't happen and I ended up in Netherlands for a day! And not just any day, but for a celebration of King's birthday, for their national holiday when everyone dresses up in orange as a show of pride (love, respect, support or whatever else they want to show) for their Dutch Royal family! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's a huge huge party (thought about making the same for my bday next year hihihi) all over the country but of course the biggest one is in Amsterdam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sooo... King's day or Koningsdag is actually a former Queen's day but it was changed from last year onwards since a prince Willhem-Alexander became a King of Holland last spring. Before him, for more than a 100 years queens were ruling this country and the celebration dates from 1885 when Queen Wilhelmina was born. After her the tradition continued for the Queen Juliana and Queen Beatrix who is now princess again since her son succeeded her. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Comparing Friday night and Saturday evening must say Saturday was so much more fun, but than again we had a chance to see Red light district at its 'best' or worst, depends how you look at it :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I kept thinking, how many men, what kind of men...brrrr, and all for 50€ for a 'session'... No other explanation but - those girls must love what they do! Well, at least someone, it's not like you can say that for everyone :))</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's been a good month this April, specially with the last flight, yesterdays' Seychelles... They don't say these kind of islands are like a paradise, heaven on Earth for nothing! Only 17 hours layover was enough to make us wanna come back for more of that beautiful peace and quiet, relaxation, seafood, nature and apparently good nightlife! Wouldn't know :/</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We took a walk up the hill to see a small waterfall, had a fresh coconut and ended up at the beach right in time for a wonderful sunset...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">While google-ing this amazing looking place I found some interesting facts about it online (took over from <a href="http://www.travelingeast.com/">www.travelingeast.com</a>) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">* Pirates used to seek the islands of Seychelles as a hideout. It is believed that Olivier Le Vasseur, an infamous pirate, had a treasure worth 100,000 euros that remains hidden in the land up to the present. (if we knew that sooner :p)</span></div>
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* Ian Fleming, the author of James Bond novels and short stories, named his character Milton Krest after a tonic and ginger beer that he tasted while vacationing in Seychelles.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope you had a great OFF DAY, all of you 'celebrating' the first of May! Would love to join you for barbecue but I really REALLY need to sleep now... :) (since I've been writing this in between the flights for days now and haven't been sleeping properly again, for a change :)) zzzzz...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Every time I write a post here I tell myself 'you lazy ass, write more often! I will I will, promise!' and time passes so fast I don't even realize how long it was since I last wrote something and shared it with you... But here it is, one more post about something interesting in my life again :) (cause lately...honestly, didn't have anything awesome to share, no new exciting flights or any happenings what so ever since New York)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Day 1: Starting this post on board, above African clouds on the way to Tanzania... Leave with Miss A finally came and we are on our way to Zanzibar! It was one difficult decision to make, trust me! Not just because we had so many options, whole world in front of us, but also because we needed visas for certain countries and that's proper pain in the ass (one of many), second reason was overbooked flights. Since we fly on standby tickets we can never be sure to get on the flight unless the loads are really low from the start... So many ideas we had, so many plans we made during these last few months, so many excitement and disappointment when we realized 'this one's not happening'. Across the world in our minds, from Seychelles and Thailand, Japan and Borneo, Cambodia and Philippines, Zambia, Mexico, Cuba...back to our first plan - Zanzibar :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's close, it's beautiful, flights are not full, we get visas on arrival, it has great beaches and all sorts of stuff to do and see, and even though forecast says thunders, lightning and rain all 5,6 days we're gonna be there it simply doesn't matter! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">'Hi, what flights are departing now and to where?!'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a beautiful weather the whole morning and then the rain started, just when we headed to Jozani forest to see the red Colobus monkeys. We saw them of course but they were shy and scared of water so they were high up in the trees. Also I experienced how it feels when a cow attacks you too :) I was always afraid of them, without a reason, now I have a reason! At the end you laugh at it, it was fun, all of it was fun, no stress, no worries, hakuna matata, we were on a vacation! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hour and a half long drive to the north to our next hotel, Tanzanite beach resort in Nungwi. It was really beautiful, after that Stone town hotel this was a 5 star hotel :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Small peaceful place, with only 6 guests it was perfect! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can't go to a foreign country for vacation and not explore its night life! Our friend James from the hotel, our brother from another mother :)) organized a taxi in the middle of the night to take us to the local DISCO, had tequila shots from broken coffee cups and learned how to shake our booties on Zanzibarian (is this a proper word??) music just like African women do it! :D </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This hotel is pretty far from the Nungwi 'city centre', about 45 minutes walk down the beach so if you want peace and quiet this is the perfect place, if you want more people around you find a hotel around Cholo's bar. Very important thing to know and understand are tides, every morning sea withdraws itself to make a wonderful white sandy beach in front of all the hotels and in the evening tide is so high that our hotel for example loses its beach so you have to be careful not to get caught on the beach when it happens cause it happens fast if you don't pay attention. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Reggae night was on the program for that night in Kendwa, place next to Nungwi in a beach bar called White sand or White beach, not sure anymore. :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you want to buy some alcohol in a store be ready to overpay it cause they don't have prices written anywhere, a bottle costs as much as the guy in the store decides to. Probably depending on how rich or stupid you look like. We must've looked both! All the wines have the same price, and I mean ALL of them! As I said it already, wild wild west :p</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Local currency is Tanzanian shilling but you can also pay for everything in US dollars (1$=1630tzs, or 1520tzs when they convert it), and there are no atm machines anywhere else except Stone town so make sure you bring more than enough money cause 99% of places don't accept credit cards. That being said I suggest you bring alcohol in a suitcase/backpack with you from back home as well ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The island is not that expensive if you know how to bargain, and bargain GOOD! Otherwise you can spend a fortune here! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Day 4: The hardest day to wake up for everyone! We stayed up late, had to wake up early for the snorkeling trip to Mnemba island, small private island 2hours boat ride or sailing up north... Somewhere along the way dolphins came to say a quick hi to us, Karibu Zanzibar tourists! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">People make your vacation! People you travel with, local people who greet you into their world, other travelers who you meet along the way. They are the ones who make your sandy beach even prettier, who make your snorkeling trip even funnier, who make your days even more interesting... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...avoiding conversation about buying a plane ticket back to Dubai. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">On the way back to the hotel we stumbled upon a wedding and crashed it for a few minutes just to see how they're having fun celebrating such a thing. So many colors, laughter and music, not much different from the rest of the world :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Day 6: It was such a pain in the ass, as it always is, traveling as crew on stand by tickets sucks the life out of you! We ended up paying double price for one of the tickets with Kenyan airways, explanation was 'we can see you paid your tickets but your tickets weren't issued' ?!? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">'You can pay by cash now.' Whaaaat?! Who's a crazy one here?!? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">'Hakuna matata, listen to me...' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If I hear hakuna matata one more time I'll punch you in the face! At the end it's always the same - if you wanna go home and not be late for your job you have to pay! And so we did, AGAIN! I swear to God I was this close (and 'this' is very veeeery tight) to call an owner of their company, to call Kenyan president, whoever would do just to yell at them! After such a great week we had to deal with this, like it's not enough we have to take a few flights to get back to Dubai and not just one, a direct one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I found myself falling in love in the same place all over again after a few years since I was last here. It was one and only city on Earth, besides Zagreb, where I said I could live in from the first second I saw/felt it! Don't try and ask me what about Dubai, let's not go there now :))</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">25th street roof top view :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How it all started... 6 years ago I went for a 2 weeks trip visiting Miami, Washington D.C. and of course New York. From the first moment I loved it! Enormous city filled with 8 million people from all around the world, living and working on this island of Manhattan, busy streets hiding green and peaceful parks in the middle of that craziness, old historical museums, buildings, libraries, churches surrounded by giant modern skyscrapers, fashion and style walking up and down the avenues, diversity of cultures, languages, food, social status...on every corner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I promised myself then and there I'll be coming back and I finally did... It took me some time but there I was again... Managed to get on the flight and run away from Dubai for a few days, visit a Friend, and enjoy that time as much as it was possible! And I have enjoyed it, to the fullest. Even tough jet lag kicked me hard, it didn't matter, I was there, with a special someone next to me if I can say that, and it felt good...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's really crazy how life happens, when you finally decide to 'let go' certain things, some better, fresher, more beautiful ones come along, without even realizing how and when and why that happened you find yourself enjoying every single second of it. Makes your heart grow bigger once again... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This story can't wait to get its next sequence, but until then a girl has to work some more, see some other parts of the World, pack a suitcase, again (and again and again...), and go home for her B'day :) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Another thing she can't wait for! Eat my granny's cakes (yes, plural!), hang out with my family, have long gossips filled nights with my girls...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well hello my dear readers, I've been so busy and tired this past few weeks so you'll have to forgive me for not writing :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As I have already explained turnarounds are short flights we do back to back. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The shortest ones are from Dubai to Doha or Muscat, 45 minutes there, 45 minutes back. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The longest ones are all the way to Dacca Bangladesh or Cairo Egypt, Nairobi Kenya and so on... 4 and a half hours one way, all day long... Those days can be literally the longest in your life, most exhausting flights we have to do every once in awhile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But that's not the point of this post. The point is there are so many cities, places in this world it's impossible to see them all! Some of these places we see only from air, and if we step on the ground of a certain country it is only its runway (in Saudi Arabia we are not allowed to do even that) so I wonder from time to time... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Would this town be worth visiting? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What is there to see? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Is it beautiful or just nothing extra special? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How would it make me feel? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Would I learn something new? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How is the life there? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Is it safe? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Will I ever go and find out all of the above?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And here it is... a list of cities where I would like to go one day, discover some new fresh stories, find out about the legends older people like to tell younger generations, feel the history and capture it all for ever... Wetter with my eyes making mental pics in my brain, or with my camera making photos I can hang on the wall as a constant reminder, and at the end by writing it down, every feeling I had, putting it on a paper and saving it in my small travel diary... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1. Luxor, Aswan and Karnak, Egypt </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've always wanted to cruise down the Nile and see the Valley of the Kings, imagining to travel through time and go for one day in those ancient days of great Pharaohs, a 24hrs layover in the past, hanging out with Cleopatra or Tutankhamen or Ramses... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes called the city of the hundred gates and today is known as the "world's greatest open air museum"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2. Petra, Jordan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The 'Lost city' was once a trading center between west and east but somehow, after Rome took possession of the city, in the 1st century, Petra ended up empty and sat in ruins for centuries, that means 'till 1800s when it was found by a European traveler. Archaeologists say they've uncovered only 15% of the city. There is so much more underground to discover!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Close by there's a place where Arabs believe Moses struck a rock with his staff, causing the sea to split!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In 2007 Petra was named one of the new seven wonders of the world!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">3. Agra - Taj Mahal, India</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The only place in India I really want to see... What can I say, I'm soft for a good love story :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Built in memory of the Emperors third and most favorite wife Mumtāz Mahal, the Taj Mahal took 17 years to be completed. It is said that the death so crushed the Emperor that all his hair and beard have grown snow white within just a few months. According to legend it is believed that Emperor Shah Jahan had planned to construct another Taj Mahal in black marble on the other side of the river but the war with his sons interrupted his plans.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This remarkable building takes on different coloring at different times of the day, from a pinkish hue in the morning, milky white in the evening and golden at night when lit by the moon. They say the changing color resembles the changing mood of females - in particular the Emperor's queen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Can it be more magical than it is? So perfect and gracious stands there from the mid 17th century and it's name means 'crown of palaces'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4. Beirut, Lebanon </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The name ‘Lebanon’ has been known to mankind for the past 4000 years. The country’s name in fact is the oldest name in the world today. Lebanon boasts of being the country with the most published books per capita. Also, the first law school in the world is believed to have been built in the country.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Why Beirut? it's enough to say that before Lebanese Civil War it was regarded as 'The Paris of the Middle East'! :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Beirut's Sky Bar s one of the biggest in the world (have read that somewhere) and would like to visit it as well :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Since my dear friend lives there at the moment it would be just perfect to go for a visit... Getting to know a place is completely different when you have someone to show you around!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">5. Kathmandu, Nepal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Home of Mount Everest! Everest in the Nepali language is Sagarmatha which means goddess of the sky and it stands at a staggering 8,848 meters above sea level.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">People in Nepal do not greet one another with a handshake, but rather put their palms together and bow their forehead and say Namaste (directly translated as ‘I salute the God in you'), same as in India.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kathmandu valley has 7 World Heritage Cultural sites within a radius of 15 kilometers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nepal is home to one of the few places on earth where you can see both the Bengal tiger and the one-horned rhinoceros.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Nepali flag is the only nation with non-quadrilateral flag. The two triangles symbolize the Himalaya Mountains and represent the two major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Enough interesting facts about this country to make me wanna go for a visit :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That would be top 5... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Also, today I went to Basra, Iraq so before the flight I googled it a little bit (I always want to know where I'm going in case of the worst case scenario, unlike many others who don't care about turnarounds).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyway, I've read a few interesting things about Basra... Google says it's the one of the most hottest cities on the planet! Surprise surprise :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Basra = where many paths meet (Persian) = the over watcher (Arabic)... After the present city was built it was called by many names such as The Mother Of Iraq, The Reservoir Of Arabs, The Prosperous City and so on... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is part of the historic location of Sumer 'land of the civilized kings' (you know those guys who had developed one of the earliest civilizations on earth? Yes, that Sumer). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Iraq is ancient Mesopotamia, a place 'in between rivers' Tigris and Euphrates and Basra is believed to be a location of the Garden of Eden...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But the sad part is when I googled out photos all of them were war photos, so I made one myself, the only one I could have, at the airport :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All these places exist somewhere there and I have only read about them, saw them online or on the map of the world or on TV but they are so close now when I live here and yet still haven't visited not one of them! Shame on me...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wish list is just getting bigger and bigger... :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How about your travel wish lists? How many pages of dreams do they have? I stopped counting mine long time ago... :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Lots of Love sending your way, as always! XO XO</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here we go again... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One more year over, next one is just a midnight kiss away... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Will it be better than the last? We'll see! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Everything is possible, you just have to be the ones to make it that way, and that's why we have all the crazy new years resolutions popping out in our heads every December. Next year I'll be a better person, so yeah, don't start right away, wait for the 1st of Jan. I'll start going to the gym, what's the difference between now and that 01/01? I'll travel more, I'll find myself a boyfriend, I'll start diet, I'll stop eating crappy food, I'll do more good deeds... Why do we always have to start with all our decisions from Monday, or in this case from the 1st of January? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is the reason why I never do this resolutions, if I decide to do something I'll do it right then and there! So should everyone else, specially with 'being a better person' part :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That being said, let's run through the past year... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's been crazy and tiring and also calm and peaceful, it's been hectic and fun, it's been sad and happy, it's been surprising and boring, there was love and kisses, fights and tears, lots of new friendships and the ones that come and go, positive and negative - it's been everything I can imagine... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And while all this was happening life didn't ask me where I was at the moment! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This year I've crossed some of my Bucket list wishes and put some new ones on it (that list will never ever be finished). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We all grew up a little bit, we all made mistakes, and we all did something to be proud of... At the end of the year, putting everything together, summarizing good and bad happy and sad I can say I'm still happy with everything that came along, and with everything what's in front of me, waiting to happen... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Happy to be strong enough to help, happy to be brave enough to try, happy to be smart enough to decide, happy to love enough (and much more than that), happy to BE loved, happy to be me and happy to have people I have beside me no matter what!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This was my 2013...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Celebrating New Year at Nasimi beach with my girls, one of them decided to go back home, the other one is still here housing me on her couch almost every day :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In February I took leave and went to see friends in London, sunny week in usually rainy town :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Also I went to Brazil for the first time... Climbed Great wall of China and saw K2 from the cockpit, layover in Casablanca too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Spent my birthday in New Zealand and Australia with great people who made me remember that day for the rest of my life! Had my friends for dinner and crossed another wish from my list - to swim with dolphins! Went to Singapore, Melbourne, Tunis, Brisbane, Auckland, Dar es Salaam...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In May I was already crazy to go back home, for the first time I felt the need to be home, I was in such a bad emotional state and a week in Zagreb made me better, made me top up my batteries and kept me going (since then I'm going home every two months haha). But before that I had to go to Jakarta, China (which made me even more depressed when you see a city like Guangzhou), Kuala Lumpur, Manchester and a celebration dinner - one year in Dubai...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">June came and went away, half of the year passed by us and we haven't even realized it! Miss Adri had her b'day party once again (I baked my first birthday cake EVER!) :), and for the first time we had our annual exams to renew our flying licences. Whole month of celebrating something - as well our boys coming in town weeeee! (bad boys bad boys what you're gonna do...? I don't know why this song always pops in my head when I say boys and town in the same sentence) :D :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hot summer started in Dubai, Ramadan too, so I went back to Croatia to chill a little bit again... One week before went to Houston for 4th of July and after Zagreb went to Mauritius :) I tried to count flights but it was impossible even though I write down every flight I got lost in numbers :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">August was pretty boring :) Only one new destination - Copenhagen, the rest was same same but different!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">September ended up being more interesting with Warsaw, Los Angeles and Rome on my roster! I started writing a column for an online portal and playing tennis again! My 'new year' always starts in September not 1st of Jan :) Decision was made to start going to the gym and eat healthier as well, so far so good must say :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Top bid month came and my roster said - RIO DE JANEIRO! One more wish crossed over! Small 3 days vacation in Brazil, couldn't wish for more... In Seattle I went accidentally and, World being small as it is, I met another Croatian who lives there and who showed me around a little bit :)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2 more months and the year is over, time flies so freaking fast, is it only me or what but it's crazy sometimes how I feel there's not enough time for everything I wanna do and everywhere I wanna go and all the things I wanna see AAAAA! hahaha... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So in November I came home again for a week, no idea I'll be back here for Christmas too...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Week after that my dear Sandra came for a visit and we were all around, desert safari, Alicia Keys concert, Gold Souk, Madinat, all the biggest malls, Fountains, Burj Al Arab... Typical tourist places :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">London, Colombo, a few turnarounds and here we are in December, Glasgow, Edinburgh, another London, Manila, Jakarta and my lovely Zagreb... As I said, it wasn't planned but my mom got very sick and I just needed to go so I did everything I could to have 7 days off to come home and be with my family, you know, selfishly like that :)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And now I doooooon't waaaaaaant to go baaaaaaaack....... :) Few more days would be perfect! I needed it desperately! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But Copenhagen, Lagos in Nigeria, Bangkok, Malta and who knows what else is waiting...!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyway... This was my busy year, and I can't wait to see what next one has prepared for me :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Until then have a very happy New Year, and Merry Christmas although I'm being late one week :), and I wish you all whatever you wish for yourselves to come true! I wish you more love and happiness, specially health, good friends, lots of hugs and kisses and cuddling and laughter, beautiful travels and vacations... I can go on and on and on but should really start washing my hair, doing my nails and putting some glitters on for tonight! hihi!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's been awhile I know, I've been a lazy ass but here it goes again, another story about one more beautiful destination!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I've been writing about so many places around the world and now it's time to tell you a story about my favorite place in the Universe, about the city I was born and raised in, about the city where I've spent the biggest part of my life -and where I want to come back to at some point, story about my Zagreb - my home! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zagreb - capitol of the Republic of Croatia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Local currency - Hrvatska kuna (Croatian kuna, kuna meaning a small animal - marten)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Population of Zagreb - about 1,5 mill</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Story of Zagreb starts...well we say somewhere in the 7th century, but its history dates all the way from the Roman times!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">For centuries Zagreb was divided into two different city centers - smaller eastern part Kaptol, where Zagreb Cathedral still proudly stands, and larger western part Gradec or Grič, inhabited mainly by farmers and merchants, or I would say - where all the life was happening :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">At the end of 19th century ban Josip Jelačić united these two sides so, in his honour, the main square has his name! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">A few centuries before that, in 1242. , Gradec became a free royal town by Bela IV, King of Hungary and Croatia at the time. He gave citizens of Gradec a royal charter, a Golden Bull by which Gradec was proclaimed 'a free royal city on Gradec, the hill of Zagreb'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The citizens started to built defensive walls and towers, scared of Mongol invasions. There were four gates into the city, and only one still remains today - Kamenita vrata (eng. Stone gate) inside of which is a small statue of Majka Božja (literally Mother of God) where people come to light candles and pray, so when you pass through just be respectful of those who are praying in front of the only painting that survived a terrible fire in 1731. (was that a sign?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">You cannot miss it on the way up to the Upper town, where another must see church is - st.Marko's church! One of the most beautiful in the country... On the same square there is a mansion called Banski dvori, which is the seat of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, and just on the opposite side is Croatian Parliament. (and right next door is my high school :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">My favorite place in the city is as well in the Upper town and its called Kula Lotršćak (Lotršćak tower)! It is a fortified tower, one of the towers built in 13st century, remember Mongols and their invasions? The name comes from a Latin expression which means thieves bell, referring to a bell hung in the tower to signal the closing of the town gates.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">There is one more important thing about this tower, it has a cannon inside which is fired from every day at noon to mark midday, since January 1st 1877! (no matter how long you live there and hear the 'bang' every day at the same time you always jump for a second, and all th crazy pigeons start flying all over! Therefore if you hear a loud bang and see lots of pigeons flying just remember it's 12 o'clock!) ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If the doors are open you can climb up and get an amazing view of the city of Zagreb, specially in the summer time, around 7pm... Ah, amazing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Oh we have so many interesting history facts and legends I could bore you with right now but let's move to another one... :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">There are also many legends and stories about how our city got its name, and one of my favorite is the one explaining the name of the main square's fountain Manduševac too...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Long long time ago, when this small lake was outside the city walls, and girls had to walk there with big wooden buckets to get some fresh cold water, a Croat ban was coming back with his thirsty soldiers from far away, across a deserted region. Getting closer to the city he saw a beautiful girl Manda at the lake (of course she was beautiful, they all are in the legends like this, I'm sure he was handsome too). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">As thirsty as they all were he came to her on his horse (white horse would be a little too much for this story) and asked her <em>'Mando dušo (Manda dear) zagrabi vode (scoop some water)'</em>. And that's how it happened, I don't know if they fell in love, got married and lived happily ever after but this is how Manduševac got its name and stands today on the main Zagreb's square as a small fountain, just near ban Jelačić statue, and how our lovely Zagreb got the name that proudly carries for ages!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Many books and poems were written about my lovely Zagreb, and one of my favorite writers is Marija Jurić Zagorka, whose statue stands in one of the most livest streets in the center of the city - Tklačićeva street. If you come for a visit you'll go there for sure, cause most of bars are there and it is one of the ways to get up or down from the Upper town!</span><br />
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One of the ways to go up or down is funicular! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Center of the city is where everything is happening! Relaxing in one of the parks making Lennuzzi's horseshoe is just one of the things you can do here! Btw Lenuzzi's horseshoe consists of 7 squares/parks, and the most known one is Zrinjevac with its musical pavilion built in the late 19th century. Around this small green square you can find the Supereme court of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb Archeological Museum, Ministry of foreign Affairs and European integration, and Croatian Academy of sciences and arts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Every summer or winter there are happenings and it is one more must see and <u>feel</u> places...</span><br />
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Zrinjevac - summer and winter time, it is equaly beautiful!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If you walk further down you'll get to the Main railway station and Botanical garden. And that route is a favorite one for me and and my Miss T for a long walk and talk with ice creams in our hands when it's warm outside... </span><br />
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Miss T and me on one of our walks :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Sit for a coffee or beer in one of the bars and restaurant on Cvjetni square, as well my favorite place to spend days off when I come for a vacation. Christmas market is taking place there every year (and I'm gonna miss it again ;( </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It is THE hot spot for a saturday's '<em>shpitza</em>' </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(just an expression for everyone to go out and show off, I personally avoid it 'cause I hate the crowds like that when you can't find a decent place to sit down and grab a drink, but it can be 'interesting' from time to time). </span><br />
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Christmas on the main square</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Friday's and Saturday's nights are mostly spent here where you can walk to and from one bar and club to another, specially in the winter when Jarun lake is closed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Speaking of which... The lake was formed by the Sava river and it is a sports and leisure center where you can come for a loooong walk around the river, bike, swim, play volleyball and so many other stuff. Few weekends a year there is a cinema on the open - watching movies on the big screen and laying on the grass under the stars - awesome! Around the lake are lots of bars and clubs too (they are mostly closed during winter but in the summer time...) :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Taking a tram number 11 or 12 from the main square you'll get to the eastern part of the city and one more large park named Maksimir (by which is a Dinamo stadium where all the football matches and bigger concerts are being maintained). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Maksimir park is Zagreb's oldest public park. Founded in 1787. predates the majority of Europe's public park foundings. The park was opened 7 years later under the initiative of the man for whom it was named - Bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovac of Zagreb. Inside of the park is Zagreb's ZOO, so if you like nature take a whole day and spend it there, on the meadows, in the woods or by one of the five lakes - spring/summer weekends are the best time for a visit ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The last part of the city I want to mention is a mountain just north of Zagreb under which our city lays down safe :) - Medvednica - it can be translated as the bear mountain. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Most of the area is the nature park, and the highest peak is called Sljeme. There's also a winter sports center that has hosted several FIS World Cup slalom skiing races!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">One more thing built up in 13th century, for defensive purposes against Mongols was Medvedgrad (bear town). A fortified town overlooking the city. Below the main tower of the castle is Oltar domovine (Altar of the homeland), dedicated to the fallen Croatian soldiers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It's worth taking a hike to go up and get a spectacular view of the city and much further away... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">A night car ride further up to Sljeme is also amazing for some night shots or kissing in the dark with an amazing view :D (it is a famous place for couples ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I think I told you about my top places where I would take you if you ask me to be your guide when you come for a visit :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And for the end of the story just a few interesting facts about our wonderful Croatia...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- Mr. Slavoljub Penkala, who lived and died in Zagreb, invented hot water bottle, rail-car brakes, and anode battery and one of the most famous creation - the ball point pen! (the first pen to come with its own ink, the ones you are using every day)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- Another Croatian invention was a tie! Soldiers fighting for king Louis XIII wore silk material around their necks in the early 17th century. As the king being quite the fashion oriented he took those colorful accessories and named them Cravats, which came from a word Croat. (kravata - eng. tie)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- Zagreb also has the largest and most extensive collection of Neanderthal Man remains found on one site in the world!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Aren't we awesome or what?! :)))</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I think I could write and write and write about Zagreb (and all the other places in Croatia), since lots of people told me how amazing it was for them seeing a little bit of my country, or how they can't wait to go for a visit, or how they plan to go back again soon! :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Hope you'll all visit Zagreb someday and see it the way I see it, the way I love this town :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It is completely unnecessary to write down the name of this place, and it is even more unnecessary to ruin this post with lots of words so I'll just let you enjoy some of my favorite pics from a 3 day layover in...Rio! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Fun all around, drinking caipirinhas like water for breakfast lunch and dinner :)) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Yummy pastries on every corner if you feel hungry (the mission for next time is - try them all) :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And the most important thing - everyone is chillaxed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">(flight to there and back was beautiful, and you have a chance to meet so many interesting and cool people...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Rio has it all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Had such a great time, felt like a small vacation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">...in 3 days I'll be going there again, but this time hopefully visiting Argentina (Buenos Aires) as well...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Beijos :***</span></div>
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play lists! Living alone, without a TV, is very quiet so from the moment I open
my eyes in the morning my favorite radio station is on and the music never goes
off!</span></span></span></div>
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in the middle of the night after only 3 hours of sleep, or you haven't slept at
all before an afternoon flight or on the other hand you had a great night sleep
and feel very excited to go wherever you are going at the moment! Anyhow, music
is a large part of everything I do so going to work I need something to relax
me, mentally, before whatever I may encounter that day… </span></span></span></div>
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the way to head quarters some people spend their time reading, sleeping,
polishing their nails, putting on make-up, talking, texting…I just play one of
my favorites and enjoy that 20 minutes before the craziness begins :)</span></span></span></div>
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phone – equipped with Skye, what'sapp, facetime, facebook…is there a better
way to stay in touch with everyone you love? Texts, videos, voice messages,
photos, and you don't have to worry you'll miss out on anything that's
happening while you're away, either in Dubai or back home! It keeps everything
for me in it, even allows me to write and write and write when I don't have a
pen and paper with me, keeps me company when I'm alone with the music and all
other applications I can play with… :)</span></span></div>
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in a suitcase – no matter how tiring can it be sometimes, I love it! Love the
excitement of going somewhere new, happiness of going somewhere I've already
been and liked, love the difference, love the rush, love the craziness
(sometimes!), love having friends around the planet, love bag tags, love making
plans for layovers, love my days off in between, love having my camera with me
all the time, love having babies on board that will hug you</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and send you kisses,
love meeting interesting people on daily basis, love making someones day
better if possible, love listening stories, love sleeping while turbulence…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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– feeling like a bird out of a cage, such a cliche, but it's the only way to
describe it! Having a chance to do whatever you wanna do, see the places in
every corner on Earth, being on your own, being able to make plans or change
them at the last second, different state of mind, wandering the world… Office
job? No thank you, not yet, my office is a huge metal tube that takes me miles
and miles away and back!</span></span><br />
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off – taking some time for yourself! Whether you'll go out or stay in you
appreciate every second of it! Cooking, reading, making a bubble bath, watching
movies and TV-shows, writing, doing laundry, sun tanning on the pool, skyping, being
lazy in Miss A and A's apartment :) </span></span><br />
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visiting some hotel's pool, walking around the mall, having lunch with the
girls, some PMS time shopping or getting fat in Dunkin donuts (or both!),
sweating at the gym or on the tennis court, putting on some high heels and go
clubbing, traveling some more, going home for a few days… Sometimes you get
bored and can't wait for the next flight and sometimes these few days are just
not enough :)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- My
books – mentioning this for I don't even know how many times, I am a little
book worm :) So whenever I go to Dubai mall I visit the biggest book shop there
and spend hours inside (feels like hours) finding dozens and dozens of new
titles I want to buy and read, but then I remind myself of those 7 new books I
haven't even had time to open yet :D </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Collecting them for one day when I'll make
my own private little library (just next to a walk-in.-closet full of shoes) I
go nuts when I see my mom or sister how they leave books around not returning
them in their place :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyway, they are one of the ways I just disconnect
myself from the outside world and go somewhere else for a few hours, learning
so many new things, finding so many beautiful quotes, training my imagination
and feeling happy!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- Cooking
and writing – more or less the same thing when it comes to expressing myself,
just in a different kind of way :) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kitchen is the place where I can spend hours
making food for my friends and family and sitting down with a pen and paper is
exactly the same, only difference is that I write for myself and everyone else
can see it, and I cook for everyone else but I end up eating the smallest
portion :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Calming my nerves if I'm angry or upset about something, being even
more happier if the reason of preparing food or writing is something great! </span></span><br />
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I just compare cooking and writing? Looks like it :) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">However, it's a pleasure
doing both! <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Don't get me wrong, don't think
I'm lying when I say I don't eat much, we all know I do, just not when I spend
hours in the kitchen, in that case, I enjoy seeing others liking my cooking
more than I enjoy food in my plate) :)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- Souvenirs!
– just love love loooove buying souvenirs, not just for me but for everyone!
Just like buying presents when I see something and think about a certain person
in my life who would like it I just have to buy it. Not every time cause I
would go bankrupt but from time to time I come back home with a suitcase full
of gifts so they know I think about them everywhere I go:)) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Things I buy for
myself are small reminders of all the places I've been to and true, they ARE
dust collectors but they're gonna decorate my library one day so I don't worry
much about dust :)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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I have seen so far there's no better place to go for a summer vacation than
home! We reaaaally have beautiful coastline and so many people I meet, when I say
I'm from Croatia, they say they wanna visit it or they have just been there and
it was amazing! Of course it was! :) Normal temperatures, cold clear blue sea,
NOT sandy beaches (not a fan of sand!), fresh breeze, amazing food, friends who
I know since…for ever is just a simple recipe for good times and great
memories! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Even staying in the city has its charm…<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- The last but not the least…all those
small things that surround us making us smile, making us feel better, cheer us
up, remind us of something or someone, the small things we take for granted…
They are different for any one of us but they make our life richer, more
colorful and happier! :) It can be an old picture hanging on the wall for so
long you don't even pay attention to it but you love it right there where it
is, without it it wouldn't be the same. It can be a b'day or bon voyage or
congratulations card, or maybe a dedication in a book you read from time to
time even though you know what it says you just love to remind yourself and
read those few words from a special person only for you. It can be piece of a
bus or museum ticket you keep in your wallet that reminds you of an old trip
you had such a great time at. It can be jewelry you got from a best friends for
being their made of honor, or from anyone else, that you like to wear 'cause it
reminds you of him or her. It can be a Teddy bear you still sleep with you got
it from your dad when you were born. It can be an old key chain your sister
bought for you so many years ago when she was still 'a baby' but with her 'own
money'. It can be a bag of your favorite baby food a dear friend gave you
before another one of your going-back-to-Dubai trips. It can be a watch your
mom gave you for X-mas years ago. It can be a beautiful quote someone have sent
to you just because it reminded him/her of you. It can be a postcard with a few
lovely words that made you happy when you read them because you know someone
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Coming to Rome wasn't actually on my roster, wasn't a plan for September, however, there's a great possibility to swap your flights for other ones, that's how my plan suddenly changed and there I was...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the middle of Eternal city... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Everyone can guess why they call it like that, but being there and seeing it with your own eyes changes the prespective, it becomes more real that this place exsits for more than 2000 years!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Rome :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Perfect 25C outside for exploring it! Half of the day in the company of my colleagues and a few hours just for me myself and I :) Couldn't have been more better than it was! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Stories about ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt are my favorite, history of that period is so rich, interesting and complex which amazes me over and over again. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So being there, among all these ruins and remembering all those facts I learned and read about made me wanted to just go back a few thousand years back and live it, feel it, experience it, for real! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When my brain screamed at me - 'ain't gonna happen, wake up!' I just walked around and with every step imagined how it was back then... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I don't want to bother you with all those history lessons and legends today (some of those you should all know anyway), and don't wanna write as much as I do every other time, only from one reason - I'm affraid to ruin this experience with lots of bla bla :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But it is so hard not to try to express yourself with words, specially when you love them as much as I do :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...I'll try not to 'talk' too much :) and let you enjoy the photos I made, a small part of one of the World's amazing cities that kept its soul and magnificence for so long, a small part of those instant moments you try to capture with your camera excatly the way you see it with your own eyes which is impossible no matter what kind of camera you have just because that camera doesn't have a brain and heart that sees things and places in its own personal unique kind of way...like you do...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">...can you guess how much money is thrown every day into it?! Aproximately 3000 euros! Yes 3000! All that money goes to charity and renovation...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Soaking up every feeling and impression which made my heart grow a little bit, cementing every image deep in my brain to never forget it and loving every single second of it made this big and great city one more top favorite destination to come back to! (and I don't need a coin in the Fontana di Trevi to tell me that) :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When inspiration hits you just before you jump in bed, turn off the lights and try to fall asleep, your brain just goes wild but you are to lazy and tired to turn the lights back on, take a pen and paper and write down all the ideas that pop up in your mind in those few minutes...</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That's what happened yesterday, once again, plus I was too excited about the column I started to write for a Croatian online portal, released yesterday and every Monday from now on (just have to brag here a little bit as well :p cause I'm so happy about it :)) so now I'm sitting here at Adri's place while she's packing for a Colombo flight, looking at the screen, typing this nonsense and trying to remember all those super extra funny and smart things I thought about writing last night :))</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyway... Last 10 days were pretty hectic, flight here, flight there, run back home for 2 days, come back just in time for another flight or two...and now I finally have 2 days off before the next one so I'll give my best to describe to you one more layover, one more new destination - Warsaw!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Short flight from Dubai in a small Airbus 330-200, maximum of 184 pax in economy with 5 amazing crew :) and at noon we were already at the hotel. Standard procedure, get the room key, get the allowance, set the meeting time, shower and change of clothes and we are more than ready to visit the city on the warm September weekend afternoon...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Everywhere you can you appreciate the chance to WALK around the city so we did. Since I didn't have enough time to make some sightseeing plan for the day we just went out clueless :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Map in one hand as always, camera in the other one as always and hungry like crazy AS ALWAYS we walked to the Warsaw's historic Old Town that was inscribed onto UNESCO's World Heritage list 33 years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Warsaw - the <span style="color: black;">capital and largest city of Poland, it is an Alpha – global city, a major international tourist destination and an important economic hub in Central Europe. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is also known as the "<em>phoenix city</em>" - because it has survived so many wars throughout its history, the city had to be thoroughly rebuilt after the extensive damage it suffered in World War II, during which 85% of its buildings were destroyed. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In 1945, after the bombing, the revolts, the fighting, and the demolition had ended, most of Warsaw lay in ruins. After the war, under a Communist regime set up by the conquering Soviets, the "Bricks for Warsaw" campaign was initiated - many of the historic streets, buildings, and churches were restored to their original form.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Warsaw's name in the Polish language is <i>Warszawa</i>, means "belonging to Warsz". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Folk etymology attributes the city name to a fisherman Wars and his wife Sawa. According to legend, Sawa was a mermaid living in the Vistula River with whom Wars fell in love... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a hot and sunny day in the city full of tourists exploring the streets, locals enjoying their day off or working for ones or the others, street performers entertaining everyone around... Lots of happenings everywhere! People spending these last weekends of summer outside soaking up the sun and good vibes, or simply sharing them for an upcoming winter :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After some wandering around we finally had lunch, a big portion of food that reminds you of the one your mom or grandma would put on the table in front of you, homemade kinda looking meal, very tasty and cheap too... ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tired as hell, sleepy and with our feet in pain, but with some icecream in hand to cool us down we came back to the hotel, I fell asleep before my head even hit the pillow... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Same thing's gonna happen right now as well since I woke up early, went for some aerobic class (yeees I did, for real this time :p), spent a day in Dubai mall and now writing this simultaneously while watching some movie about Danish court in 18th century, which is totally irrelevant piece of information for this post but my brain is starting to skip from one thought to another in a split of a second once again and that's a sign for me that is time to publish this and go to bed :)</span><br />
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Tea the travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940495743543675263noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063873660861680843.post-87163009558033562992013-08-29T13:12:00.001+01:002013-08-29T13:15:02.416+01:00Through the streets of Copenhagen :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Copenhagen, Denmark - GMT +2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Officially - Kingdom of Denmark</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="kno-fh">Queen </span><span class="kno-fv"><span class="kno-fv-vq fl" data-vq="/search?biw=1280&bih=580&q=%22denmark%22+%22queen%22+%22margrethe+ii+of+denmark%22&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDAx8HsxKHfq6-QbZZXokD4_kaoZj-UylbXSv32laHSjNMFEvjAAC4cSBqKwAAAA">Margrethe II of Denmark</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Currency - Danish Krone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Flying time - 6 hours</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Airport code - CPH</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Home of the Vikings, Little Mermaid and Lego!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was noon when we took a map of the city and cameras in our hands and went out to explore another amazing European city, originally a Viking fishing village founded in the 10th century...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What to do in Copenhagen? What NOT to do?! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Walk walk walk all over the city, rent a bike and cycle around, breathe some fresh air, take lots of pics, enjoy the architecture, visit all the beautiful historic places, eat as much as 'Danish' pastries as you can, meet a Danish guy (if you're into blondes :p), read at least one H.C.Andersen story before you even come here, shop in one of the longest shopping streets in the world, meet a Little Mermaid, say hi to the Queen, enjoy the nature in one of the many parks and gardens, or even take a train and cross to Sweden, Malmo is just an hour away... :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What to see? Everything! If you have the time... If you don't, prioritize :) Like we do, every time when we come to a place so rich with history and beauty that we have to decide what to see and where to go first and which things to leave for 'the next time'...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So we did it again, not like Britney did it of course, but like cabin crew does it :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We were happy to see that everything is very close to each other so it's pretty easy to visit most places from your list by just walking around the streets, and the most important thing is - you can't get lost, it is so easy :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Even though I find getting lost the best way to discover something new, something that's not on the map or in a guide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyhow, this was our list...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1. Christiansborg - is the seat <span style="color: black;">of the Danish Parliament, the Danish Prime Minister's Office and the Danish Supreme Court. It is the only building in the world that houses all three of a country's branches of government - the executive power, the legislative power, and the judicial power. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Also, several parts of the palace are used by the monarchy, including the Royal Reception Rooms, the Palace Chapel and the Royal Stables.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">By the time we got there the rain started, just a shower but still enough to make us run through the building and its courtyards... But when we found the Royal library, the sun showed just enough to capture its magnificence... What can I say, I'm weak for books and libraries :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On the way to our next stop we grabbed a hot dog out on the street, bought a few souvenirs and walked through the shopping street with our eyes wide closed :p reminding ouselves we don't have enough time (not to mention money) and Miss Little Mermaid is waiting impatiently for us to take some pictures with her :))</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2. Rosenborg Castle - The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects and was used by Danish regents as a royal residence until around 1710. It is <span style="color: black;">situated in <i>Kongens Have</i></span> ("The King's Garden"), also known as <span style="color: black;">"Rosenborg Castle Garden</span>". The Rosenborg Castle Garden is the country's oldest royal garden...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Next time would be very nice to visit its museum in the basement where the crown jewels are on display :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">3. The Little Mermaid - <span lang="da" xml:lang="da"><i>Den lille havfrue</i></span> is a bronze statue <span style="color: black;">by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade. Her face is modelled on Ellen Prince, a popular ballet dancer, whilst it's rumoured that</span> Eriksen's wife Eline posed for the body.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, the small and unimposing statue is a Copenhagen icon and has been a major tourist attraction since 1913. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Aside from the Copenhagen's,<sup> </sup>thirteen undamaged copies of the statue are located in locations around the world, listed by <i>Mermaids of Earth.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Must say the girls were pretty disappointed by the size of it but still it is one of the MUST HAVE pictures in one traveler's photo album ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4. The Marble Church = Frederik's Church - an <span style="color: black;">Evangelical Lutheran</span> church located just next to Amalienborg Palace, our number 5.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The foundation stone was set by king Frederick V in 1749, but the construction was slowed by budget cuts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It consists of four identical classicizing palace façades <span style="color: black;">with rococo interiors around an octagonal courtyard, in the centre of the square is a monumental equestrian statue of Amalienborg's founder, King Frederick V. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">It was originally built for four noble families,however, when Christiansborg Palace burnt down in February 1794, the royal family bought the palaces and moved in. Over the years various kings and their families have resided in the four different palaces.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Amalienborg is guarded day and night by Royal Life Guards (<i>Den Kongelige Livgarde</i>). Their full dress uniform is fairly similar to that of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. The guard march from Rosenborg Castle at 11.30 am daily through the streets of Copenhagen, and execute the changing of the guard(unfortunately we didn't know so we've missed it).</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When the Queen is in residence the The King's Guard (<i>Kongevagt</i>) also march alongside the changing the guard at noon, accompanied by a band that plays traditional military marches. The Guard Lieutenant (<i>Løjtnantsvagt</i>) is always alerted when Prince Henrik or another member of the royal family are reigning in absence of the Queen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Despite the grandness of her house, Queen Margarethe II has a reputation for being down-to-earth and spirited - a keen painter. She illustrated an edition of Lord of the Rings under a pseudonym. She is hugely popular amongst Danes, they say... :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The sun showed behind the clouds once again, in perfect time to click a few colorful photos of Nyhaven street, Copenhagen's harbour before we sat down for some dinner... The perfect sunset after the rain, clean air, wooden sailing ships and happy looking houses from 17th and 18th century was an ideal end of a day like this!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Houses to note are number 9, the oldest in the harbour dating back to 1681 and the three residences of Hans Christian Andersen at numbers 18,20 and 67.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I don't have to mention I've slept for 12 hours straight and had a few extra Danish pastries with chocolate for breakfast :D</span><br />
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Tea the travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940495743543675263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063873660861680843.post-10623749777638789092013-08-12T13:45:00.002+01:002013-08-12T13:45:10.347+01:00Ile Maurice aka Dodo's island :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bonjour once again...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...from my room in sunny Dubai (can it be anything else? :p) sitting in front of my pretty old laptop wondering how to start describing you all the beautiful things we had a chance to visit in a few rainy hours on this beautiful island!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Maybe a little bit of history will help you (and me) to understand all the diversities of this small place in the middle of Indian Ocean, just 2000 kilometers off southeast coast of African continent! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The island of Mauritius was unknown and uninhabited before its first recorded visit during the <span style="color: black;">Middle Ages by Arab</span> sailors, who named it Dina Arobi. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Portuguese explorers in early 16th century found no indigenous people living on the island, so they established a visiting base there but didn't really find it interesting in years to come.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dutch came after them and settled on the island at the end of 16th century but abandoned it only 100 years later.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the last year of Louis XIV of France life and ruling, better known as Louis the Great or the Sun king (because who would remember all of them just by number :) ), in 1715 Mauritius became a French colony.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We all know what happened to Napoleon Bonaparte fighting half of the Europe in early 19th century, one of his losses was as well Mauritius, taken by British.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mauritius became a Republic of Mauritius within the Commonwealth on 12 March 1992.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Considering all of that it's not surprising that most Mauritians are multilingual; English, French, Creole and Chinese languages are used. The country's populace is composed of several ethnicities, mostly people of Indian, African, French, and Chinese descent. Quite a mix ha? :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If nothing else it gives you plenty of choice when it comes to decide what to have for lunch or dinner :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As soon as we came in the hotel, we booked a taxi to take us on a tour around the island. We weren't thinking about the weather though, so we had a cold and rainy afternoon, while everyone around us were walking in long sleeves, scarfs and even boots we were acting as true tourists - shorts, sunglasess and flip flops :D</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">At least we had a great laugh getting wet everywhere we went :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The route was - Old fortress above the capital Port Louis.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fort Adelaide is also known as the Citadel, resembles a Moorish fortress.
Built by the British around 1835 to watch out for potential riots in Port Louis
before the abolition of slavery, the fort sits high on the crown of the hill,
offering splendid views over the city and its harbor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Later, the fort’s canons were used to trigger the alarm in case of a fire in
town. Today, the Citadel has become a cultural meeting point and hosts concerts
and shows of both local and visiting artists from all over the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mc'Donalds on the way... (hungry and no time to sit in a restaurant :p)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The volcano next - Trou aux Cerfs also known as Murr's Volcano (wich we couldn't see from the rain, but we did try some nice fruits along the way :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Next stop - 'Sacred lake' ... Ganga Talao lake also known as a Grand Bassin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">No pics for that one either, rain and wind, perfect combination what to say :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is a crater lake situated in a secluded mountain area deep in the heart of the island and it's considered the most sacred<span style="color: black;"> Hindu</span> place in Mauritius</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There is a temple dedicated to <span style="color: black;">Lord Shiva</span> and other Gods including <span style="color: black;">Hanuman, Lakshmi, and others along the Grand Bassin. During Shivaratri, many pilgrims in Mauritius</span> walk bare feet from their homes to the lake. I'm sure it is very beautiful on a nice sunny day :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Driving for some time to the Chamarel Waterfalls and The Seven Coloured Earth(s) the rain stopped but the sun was still hiding behind the clouds. Despite that we were amazed with the view, all the nature around us and its colours!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is a relatively small area of sand dunes comprising sand of seven distinct colours (red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow). The main feature of the place is that since these differently coloured sands spontaneously settle in different layers, dunes acquire a surrealistic, striped colouring, leaving you speechless...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Next morning I had some more time, after a good 13hours of sleep (yes 13!) it was sunny so I went for lunch and a walk along the Caudan Waterfront, some souvenir shopping and after all... a long relaxing hour before the flight back! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After all this being said, lots of information, lots of history and interesting things to see and do, there is one more very important thing to write about Mauritius! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">DODO the Bird! :)))</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">As much as we tried to find it...unfortunatelly it is not possible for a few hundreds of years now :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cute and funny mascot of this island, an extinct <u>flightless</u> bird, relative of the family of doves and pigeons that was endemic to the island of Mauritius. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Subfossil</span> remains show the Dodo was about 1 metre (3.3 feet) tall and may have weighed 10–18 kg (22–40 lb) in the wild! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The first recorded mention of the Dodo was by Dutch sailors in 1598 and the last widely accepted sighting of a Dodo was in 1662.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How did it happen?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dodos were descendent of a type of pigeon which settled in Mauritius over 4 million years ago! (imagine that! Then the people came and sh** happened...)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With no predators to attack them, they lost their need and ability to fly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Portuguese became the first humans to set foot on Mauritius. The island quickly became a stopover for ships engaged in the spice trade. Weighing up to 50 pounds, the Dodo was a source of fresh meat for the sailors. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Large numbers of Dodos were killed for food. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Later, when the Dutch used the island as a penal colony, new species were introduced to the island. Rats, pigs and monkeys ate dodo eggs in the ground nests. The combination of two significantly reduced the Dodo population. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Within 100 years of the arrival of humans on Mauritius, the once abundant Dodo became a rare bird...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One more post that You, my dear readers, asked for... Hope it answers your questions and solves the 'mystery' :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Alarm clock goes on at...well it can go on at any time of the day but let's say it goes on at 5am. Where am I? What's happening? Why is that horrible thing screaming at my ear? What time is it? What day is it? (Does it even matter, considering we really don't count days in the week, for us it's more important what date of the month it is...) I really have a flight? Where am I going again?<br />(All those thoughts rush through your head in a split of a second!)<br /><br />Oh, ok, turn the lights on and alarm off, I'm in my bed, in Dubai, it's early in the morning, or very late at night, however you want to look at it :) and I really do have a flight today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Getting up, doing everything that needs to be done in the bathroom, maybe getting some breakfast, checking with our friend Evita if there are some duty changes I should know about, taking my cabin bag, purse and maybe a suitcase if I'm going for a layover and catching our little crew bus.<br /><br />Everyone has their own morning, or better called 'pre-flight' ritual, some people are going through Q&A for the briefing safe talk, some are taking the time in the bus to put their make up or do their nails, some are reading, sleeping, listening music...which is exactly what I do, take this 20minutes before the briefing to relax and get mentally ready for the flight with my favorite playlists shuffling in my ears :)<br /><br />Briefing starts 2 hours before the flight and you have 20 minutes to check in, if you are a second late you are not getting in and on the flight, you will be marked as absent, you'll have to go to talk to your manager, get a warning letter and so on... So it's better to be 3 min earlier than 3 seconds later ;)<br />
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<br />Briefings are all about getting familiar with a flight informations, each others, your crew, seniors, colleagues, pilots, checking everyones documents and answering some safe talk questions, like a little quiz you have to answer your question correctly to be permitted to go on the flight (among other things). You have 3 chances to answer a question right, if you don't know answer on any of 3 you'll be offloaded and then again the same procedure applies as if you've been late for check in.<br />
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<br />That being done we are ready to go to the aircraft. In Dubai we don't go through the airport but straight to the plane. Once we are in you take position you have chosen in the briefing, do safety and security checks in your area, put blankets and headsets on the seats and boarding can start!<br />
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<br />This was all so boring to read about but now the fun part starts!<br />300 people trying to find their seats, getting lost, not having enough space for all those 9461529 bags they are carrying with them, children wandering around, crying, asking for toys, families wanting to sit together, old people wanting to sit by the doors where they can't be seated, people who don't understand you and you don't understand them, thirsty people, hungry people, sleepy people, the ones who want to pray, the ones who want to use the toilet but don't know how to open the door, the ones who want to be upgraded, mothers with babies, businessmen who want their jackets hanged in a closet, women who don't want to be seated by the men who are not their family, wheelchair customers, sick customers, honeymoon couples, big groups of school children traveling with their teachers, big groups of people traveling together for all kind of reasons... <br />
All those situations to handle during that 45 minutes, sometimes it goes smoothly, sometimes is hectic! But somehow we always do it right! :)<br /><br />After everyone is finally seated we give hot towels, toys for the children, small baby packs for infants, menus...<br />Safety video finishes, we 'lock' the doors, secure the cabin and the aircraft is ready for take off.<br />
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<br />After we are up there, somewhere above 30 000 feet it is time for the service. Service routine depends on the duration of the flight, as well as number of services. Food, drinks and everything else passengers can think of that we can give them, answering call bells, checking the cabin and toilets, visiting cockpit, eating, gossiping in the galley (by that time you already know who you like enough to make plans for go sightseeing with hehe).<br />
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And this is how we usually look like when we wake up from such a rest, or almost every time, as a matter of fact, when wake up call wakes us up :D<br />
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<br />No matter how long the flight seems to be, time passes and you are preparing for landing, collecting blankets and headsets, please sir fasten your seatbelt and pull your seat up, madam would you please open the window blinds and close your table, yes your bag has to go in the overhead locker or under the seat in front of you, no there's no more time to use the toilet or to get a coffee with milk, thank you... :)<br />Cabin crew take your seats, prepare for landing!<br />
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<br />When we touch the ground and slow down people have tendency to stand up and start getting their bags. Siiiiiir please sit down! We are not there yet!!! Ah, what a mystery to me :)<br />Preparing doors for arrival, greeting everyone goodbye and checking if anyone left anything behind.</div>
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If it's a layover than you're happy to be done, get in the bus and go straight to the hotel, take a looooong hot shower and drop dead in bed (or go to the city if it's daytime, you'll sleep later) :)<br />But if it's a turnaround then you stay onboard, wait for the cleaners and catering to do their job and then everything from the beginning again. After which you come back home and you drop dead in your own bed, not much of a difference :)<br />It's just more tiring than just one sector flight but at least you come back straight home, cause sometimes you really need it, sometimes the idea of another hotel room is just exhausting :) or you have someone here you want to come back to, or you just have too much laundry to do and you can't afford a 5 days trip :)))</div>
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It is really job itself like every other, the difference is that time you have off, exploring new cities, collecting new stories to tell, making new memories or refreshing old ones to remember...<br />
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<br />That time in the uniform we are focused on the job, trust me there is no time to think about anything else, but as soon as you take that uniform off you forget about the things that had happened, specially the bad ones, good ones on the other hand...well, they stay in your mind to help you get through the future bad ones, if you know what I mean? :)<br />When you wanna hit your head against the wall after the flight (or scream or cry or eat 3 kg of ice cream or drink a bottle of tequila by yourself :))) than you had a bad one, BUT, when you meet and talk to some really nice people on your flight, when they call you by your name or offer to write a nice feedback on your great performance then you know you had an extra good one! :)<br />
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<br />Some flights finish and you pray and hope for every next one to be just like it, or you pray and hope for this one to never repeats again... ;)<br /><br />Fingers crossed for tomorrow, I'm off to Singapore Melbourne!<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>XO XO :)</em></strong></span></div>
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