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first of all i want to thank you guys for coming to the meet up in a not-so well known city in europe. many people have never heard of düsseldorf before outside the germanic speaking countries, but you did and you've put düsseldorf on the map. i dont know how many times will i have to say thank you. but i will say it again and again and again. i think some people thought i was angry or annoyed, and if i have offended people, i am truly truly sorry. i am just so so so stressed fro...

ok this journal is not about travelling, but a dedication - but tomorrow i will start my journey  as i begin a new period in  life. let me share a  deep secret of my heart, i feel embarrased, but somehow i had to let it out. i love tennis and i adore tennis - but only as an audience, since i cannot play it - because i was a sickly child growing up. My older cousins play at the club, my mother’s uncle was national tennis champion in the philippines. Its in our blood, ...

Yes, I was definitely excited about the meetup in Dusseldorf that I didn't mind waking up at 4:30 in the morning (I slept at 1:30, what the $&&*$*?!) to catch that 6am train that leaves the nearest train station here, which is located from another town and walking there takes me at least 20 minutes.  I didn't get to buy a ticket for high speed trains in advance and so if I buy it now it will cost me 100euros one way (what the $#%^ again?!). I only bought a wee...

july 21 - this is the day i finished my blog.it was hard to start and finish it. hard to start because eventhough i brought something for me to write, i just couldnt write all the things happened, the notebook remained blank, unfinished, unclear. the only recollections i have are my pictures and my memories - everytime i look at them - it brings... painful joy in my heart - joy of how beautiful everything was and yet... it pains me that all beautiful things in the world must come to an end.ha...

How TravBuddy's look like The Day After! We spend the entire evening in restaurant Zollhof and after that we kept the Weissen Bär Bar open till 5 in the morning. Checkout time at the Backpackers Hostel on Sunday was 11 o'clock sharp!  Don't forget to strip off your bedlinen and return it to the reception :D For TravBuddy's who think these meetups are all about eating, drinking and partying: Melissa, Guido and I spend the Sundayafternoon to visit an exhibition...

Again it was a sunny day when we left for Heidelberg on Friday. First I picked up Ket at the railwaystation in my hometown Zutphen. From there we drove to Zieuwent where Jos lives. He knew the exact shortcut from his house to the German Autobahn. Up to Düsseldorf to pick up Lauro. We know he likes sleeping a lot so for sure he didn't mind that we had some delay due to Ket's train not running on time and a lot of constructionwork on the road. Finaly we arrived in Düsseldorf around 1.30 pm. L...

I woke up while I heard Pablo walking to the bathroom. When he came back he packed his stuff and said goodbye to me. He had to catch the bus. I really didn't know. Sorry Pablo, If I had known that, I would have been up to.I had my breakfast and was packing my stuff. Outside the hostel I saw Koosje and Wouter having there breakfast. At 10am we 3 went to the Sudphanne to meet Alex and the gang, but nobody there. Koosje and Wouter went for some siteseeing and I sorted my pictures in front of the...

stratis (profilename: strategos) and i were talking for months now in travbuddy -  i decided to invite him to come to spain with me - but he doesnt have the time because of studies in the uni - so in return he invited me to come to greece and island hopping in santorini - in but i dont have the time and money for the moment - so we settled - he will visit me in june! he contacted his friend marianna (profilename: mariannag) to come with him. stratis is a nice person  - he is very in...

I never thought that I would go back to Heidelberg again. The nice memories I had appears in my head. And there I saw her again...My ex-girlfriend Joyce... Yes, i've been to Heidelberg before in 2005 and we were happily in love. I remember some spots where we took pictures together and I wish that I could turn back time. I remember her cute face with her soft cheeks, her eyes staring at me saying: I love you, Ket. And then the imagination disappeared with a tear... Friday June 6 I took...

My first meet-up - and I almost missed it! It wasn't until April 15th when Melanie (--> mellemel8) asked me whether I would go to Duesseldorf on Saturday. Duesseldorf? That's just a stone's throw away. 40 km (25 miles) from the place where I live. Perfect! Suprisingly enough there were no other appointments for the meet-up day - I would go! Found out that abou four to five people would show up that I had "talked" to before.On Saturday I got into my car and drove to Duesseldorf. Got a parki...

After a fun night in the old city with the pre meetup group I was ready for another round. :DWe met at the mainstation and there were so many people. That was just too cool. Since we had to wait for another 4 guys I had the time to talk to a few new members who just arrived on that day.For example Devika, a very nice and outgoing girl. We took the subway to the other site of the river and walked back over the bridge, heading to the old city. It was raining, it was cold, it was windy but it wa...

summary ^_^* i got home at about 2 am, i was soooo tired! and i couldnt sleep and i had a doctors appointment early in the morning! aargghh* my body was aching, got a slight cold from the rain whe i woke up. met the poodle at the central station ^_^ at 2.30 pm * he twisted my fucking leg inside the subway!!!!!!!!!! aaarrghhhhhhhhh* i decided to show him schloß eller - a prussian castle with woodlands and a moat - in my opinion the most beautiful castle in düsseldorf.* we went through the wo...

Jos, Ouss and I went direct to the Hbf to meet the others, arriving at 4:45, just in time (or so we thought).  We waited for a while and had a chance to meet the other travbuddies as they gradually wandered in, with roll call coming around 45 minutes later.  Joining us here were kat_mac27, Bondy2007, wanderinwurzel, lovely_lori88, marloesetman, devika1985, Robbo_88, Jefrois, 2win, Otto219, mat-uk, ben589, anamorenoramos, eefab, wayneollerenshaw, ashishrb, nycgirl76, archie1978,...

Pues despues de colgar las fotillos de los travel buddies, que menos que poner ahora unas fotos en representacion de la maravillosa ciudad de Heidelberg. Me ha encantado pasear por sus calles y sus paisajes, ademas de poder observar a los habitantes y sus costumbres. Volveria sin dudarlo un segundo, porque me he quedado con las ganas de visitar los alrededores de la ciudad, otra vez sera.

Friday 18 April For me it was the first time in 1 year I travelled with the ICE train to Germany and put a footstep on the German floor. Some travbuddies know the story about my 2 wonderful years relationship with my ex-girlfriend Joyce. So I travelled a lot to Frankfurt am Main. In the beginning it was hard for me to go Germany again, coz of the memories. But that day, it didn't matter at all, because I had a great company with Alex, Willem, Wendy, Rowena, Johan and Melis...