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Thank you Tenbosch

September 26, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

It’s done. My old place is finally empty and clean. Les Petits Riens came today and took my remaining furniture and stuff, the cleaning lady gave a final polish and I dumped the last of roughly a dozen bags of trash today. I was getting a bit nostalgic in the end. It was a nice […] Read More

D-7: One week to go

September 25, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

In one week I’ll be on board of LH500 FRA to GIG… Rio, here I come. Read More

My new place… for a week

September 21, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

So this is it, my new place for a week… I slept like a baby. Read More

Moving out, and on

September 21, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

Finally, the day of the move. I was really nervous beforehand. Thank God I took Friday off, I would never have made it otherwise. The wrapping and sorting and packing took more time than I thought, but it all went well, and on Saturday morning, when my moving company showed up, I was ready. It […] Read More

D-6 before my move

September 16, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

Ok, I’m starting to get stressed… It’s 6 days before my move, and even though I’d say 95% is packed and boxed, I’m starting to stress out… The to-do-list in my head is so long, I don’t know where to start… I’ll move on Saturday 21 September, bringing my couch and a few other things […] Read More

And here’s to Sao Paulo

September 10, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I could not make up my mind where to go in Brazil. Somehow Sao Paulo seemed tempting, though I had never even read a thing about it. In the end, Rio won out for its beaches. But I could not drop Sao Paulo completely. So I’ll spend a week there from 20-27 October. I found […] Read More

Me and the 40 boxes

September 9, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

My good friend Sven offered me to store 40 boxes in his garage basement. Something I’m really thankful for! Since I started packing a couple of weeks back, the 40-boxes-limit has been a fixture in my life. Countless times I have estimated and extrapolated my belongings… will I make the 40 boxes? With each box […] Read More

Seattle or Vancouver?

August 26, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

While being on a little road trip with family through Canada, I came to Vancouver again, a city I had already visited back in 2010 for 5 days, and really liked. Same thing now, I loved it… the scenery, the city, its vibe, the people…. So I immediately thought I should include it in my […] Read More

I h a v e t i m e . . .

August 4, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

Today, as I’m lying in Hyde Park in London, just with a book, wasting time in such an amazing city with a book I could read on any rainy day, I realized, again, what a big luxury I have… Time. I have nothing to do today, nowhere to be, nothing to see, just be and […] Read More

Ipanema, here I come

July 25, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I did it. I made the first booking request with Airbnb. For this lovely place in Ipanema in Rio. I’ll be staying with Mauricio in this great place close to the beach, in a nice area. I checked back with lots of friend who know Rio, about where to go (and where not to…) and […] Read More

IT wonder

July 18, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I’m an IT genius after all. I can’t believe I got this blog up and running. Ok, still a few things to sort out, but when I first read the instructions on word press, I was like: what? I could not comprehend what they were trying to tell me… I felt sooo last century. I […] Read More

B-day

June 12, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

Booking Day! Today I bought my Round-the-world ticket for the first leg of the tour. It was an adventure of its own. Here’s a detailed account on how it went, for the first leg of the journey, October ’13 to April ’14: I played around for months with the Star Alliance Round-the-world tool, trying to figure out […] Read More