Saturday, August 6, 2011
Catching up
Hello! Well it's been a long time since I wrote a blog entry, that's for sure! After Africa I met two of my friends in Paris and spent 5 days there, was a great time! It was a lot colder than I was used to, but was great to see my friends again. Not sure when I wrote the last blog in Africa, but I was actually robbed on my last day there, losing all my money, my debt card, and my credit card. Thankfully not my passport! Was in a tricky situation, but managed to get through it with a lot of help from others! One of the volunteers somehow had 500 euros on them that they gave to me, saying I could just send them the money when I got home! Without that money I actually would not have been able to get out of south Africa. In joburg, I had to pay mmm I think it was 434 euros or something stupid for overweight luggage, had a full suitcase full of souvenirs that I just could not part with. Had the police report and was hoping for a sympathetic person as I literally had 33 rand on me (less than 5 dollars), but no luck. Started crying, didn't know what to do, then remembered the euros! Went and switched it to rand, then sorted that out. Then called the fam and got them to arrange a money transfer via western union that I could pick up in Paris! They sorted out with my bank to get me a new card that my friends could bring to me. So complicated!                                                Anyways, got everything sorted and made it to Qatar and then Paris. Spent 30 hours in the airport as my friends got delayed due to a blizzard. But we finally managed to meet up, and had a great time, aw the Eiffel tower in all it's glory, the louvre, Versailles (think we were the last people in the park), saver Codie, Norte dame etc! Then I came home, in beginning of may went to Florida for a week to visit rose, a girl I met in south Africa, and to see ditte and her Danish friend Louise who were traveling across the states! Had a lot of fun there, was nice and hot! And that's caught up until about a week ago. Am going to make a new post for Denmark as it won't let me see what I am typing now. Am on my touch and it's a little difficult!
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Ha ha saver Codie is supposed to say sacre coeur, silly auto correct.
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