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Coventry 2001 Between August 2001 and February 2002 I (Christian) spent six months in Coventry in order to serve a placement as an integral part of my studies. Especially the first weeks were very painful as I had difficulties to adapt to a different type of city than Amsterdam. I had just completed a year …
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In November 2017, Michael and I visited Athens for the first time. Despite having traveled extensively around the world, we had never managed to plan a trip to the Greek capital. As a self-proclaimed history enthusiast, I felt a bit embarrassed that we had overlooked this incredible city for so long. Below is what I …
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In November 2017 Michael and I visited Athens for the very first time. We had travelled all over the world but never had managed to plan a trip to the Greek capital. Though I have always been quite of a history geek felt a bit embarrassing that we had always missed out on this wonderful …
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From Buenos Aires we travelled on to São Paulo in January 2025. It was our second time after 2010 when we were on our around the world trip. But back then we nearly saw nothing of the city as we met our ex-colleagues. Also we were invited to several social events. So there was not …
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From January 13-17, 2025 we visited Buenos Aires again after 15 years. In 2010 we had spent two months in the Argentinian capital in order to learn Spanish. Of course even during our longer stay it was impossible to explore all of the metropolis with her eight million inhabitants. Though it was very hot this …
During our two-month stay in Buenos Aires we discovered many areas of the city. In the following you can read about some of our activities: the Botanical Garden of Buenos Aires - Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays a visit to the fancy Palermo Soho district and a cycling tour through the city The Botanical Garden of …
In November 2017 we had spent some time with Christian's former colleague Victoria in Torrevieja close to Alicante. As our next stop was Valencia we decided to use Blabla Car. It is a car sharing app where you can book a seat in a car of a private person that is travelling to the same …
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After 15 years we finally decided to re-visit Bogotá that we had great memories of. We were there in 2010 during our around the world trip but only for a very short time. So in the beginning of January 2025 we started our travels: Bogotá (4 days) - Buenos Aires (4 days) - São Paulo …
February 28, 2010: Christian was sick all week and had to skip Wednesday‘s Spanish class. Finally he went to a doctor on Friday - so we had our first medical experience here in Buenos Aires. It turned out to be a very resistant cold and the doctor prescribed only some easy medicine. Indeed on Saturday …
Our Spanish class started on Monday, February 15th, 2010. Michael joined a beginners class, Christian an advanced beginners class. Both classes only comprised two students so it was very intense. The school „Vamos Spanish!“ was just one block away and it took us only two minutes to walk there - very convenient. Read about our …
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