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Make from time to time you have to give an exception. Is thought the Spanish government. And it has shown its air traffic controllers really sleep!

Do so, what if a strike is not done as responsibly as is usual in Germany, and just picks up where the profit-makers can power be demonstrated? What to do when the unions instead of Internet monitoring times to take care of the actual needs of their employees? Exactly, it is assumed the store the military calls a state of emergency , and then just threaten anyone who works Nich busy again, with years of jail.

Naturally, foreign Tpuristen finally did in their holidays and Spaniards in their holidays and who is not all too somewhere. Packages are also sure to stay somewhere important and just-in-time products are 'just-too-late'.

And also for cruise vacationers, there is no good if no time is flying. The passengers can not board, the new not arrive punctually. Sure, that was stressful for all of something, sometimes just to stay in Tenerife for two days and then hope that at some point goes back a flier. The route is completely messed up, planned everything very differently.

Therefore, a state of emergency. And who does not go back to the work that goes into prison. Solln to be happy but that are not killed by military right now - a highly democratic in the normal state!

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Degree still NEN holiday spent in Sweden, while on songs from ancient times been reminded. A few days later the phone rings and someone asks the listener: "How spontaneous are you?". Good question. Yes, like I'm really spontaneous?

Well, in spite of active rest (!) Including lecture tour and excursion of the summer, so move now but somehow found its end. There were plenty of sun, lots of nice people and yet not enough time in total. Even the hack I am once again come - only the corresponding blog entries are missing somehow.

Well, sometimes you have to give back. Re-writing, as well as re fahrn boat. Both I do now, now look like regular basis. Because I'm so spontaneous!

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Goes from yes as always with you over there, there probably were the forces of concept demo really convinced Nich. Maybe but then again sometimes make others afraid ? Greetings to all who have demonstrated to me and all snoring noses.

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After a wonderful beach party last week, I had to me this week, of course, make an extra birthday present. 'm So busy now gathered together all the necessary paper so I could finally have their own scooter. Even if I did not make it, the present of India to organize her here - another's doing so well.

So, seven differences are found. Or more, as you want ...

And there are also similarities. Have I not even on my first bike in India experienced exactly the same. Although there right from the first ride, but I could this week be melancholy. "Petcock on, and the broth runs out that way. Schit. "Yeah, just came here that no two cows later an expert over. I was about to Torfbrücke and allowed for the first time in over a year tinkering Enfield. Yeah.

But I have since gone well, of course. And fun was the right choice. And perhaps there also seen ne Enfield tour in the summer time. First of all, however, HERE classic car from mom on vacation. Slovenia, mountains, hiking, Croatia, sea, swimming. Must be him some day leave on vacation!

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At home, again. Arrived in Rostock. The whole of Germany enjoys the sun, Berlin is already testing out the length of miniskirts fashion this coming summer, but Rostock is still cool. Slight North German fog, the sun can seem milder than elsewhere.

I do not störts, I'm glad to be back here. And playing for 2.5 weeks normality. Is clearly too short my time here ...

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Yes, I'm back. And have a bad mood. Outside, gray is it, every night is stolen an hour to sleep, and then this:

Observed in begging: District shortened welfare

Welcome home!

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So I'm in Paris, that's for sure. Right in the middle of the Eiffel Tower to recognize it easily ISTS. Trappings and just as many tourists are in the middle, the middle again I am. But somehow it was different from planned to sit as spring warmth, sun and drink beer.

Instead, gray rain clouds, bitter cold, Siberia! Marvel shivering remnants of the Sun King (I think, have seen how the police on a large plastic bag is disposed of Luvre!) And Eiffel Tower from below, Gapes with a neon sign "limited visibility". Boating, eating Indian, beglotzt a tourist of tourists. And ask yourself is ...

Who built all the stuff around here, where is the monument to workers? Is the heart of France on BAROKE elegant appearance of the French bourgeois (in itself!) Debt? Do I really ne new camera, where it seems anything and everything is photographed thousands of times? Is the world economic crisis (tm) to blame for the cold? When am I doing here? = When is Spring? = Where is spring?

Too many questions, drum facts. I'm going tomorrow with my loved ones (which I meet in Paris, aha) to Nantes, and shall be looking to spring. Exactly. It's wonderful!

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Spring has arrived even here the. Spring is the season when the sun decides to see nothing around for so long on the southern hemisphere and this time to venture NEN longer look into the northern half. What I could be here no matter, you think! Except last week in November is always sunny here. Clear.

But right now it looks here from above, does that mean they are more or less looking directly from above the equator. Or rather, the beginning of spring is just the time when the equator is no shadows. However, may occur shortly before and shortly after another shadow, for example, our satellite phone. Because who is also on the equator, the sun is now directly behind it once a day and play with our satellite antenna alignment. Because as soon as she first discovered the sun, much prefer the whole afternoon looking at the sun because of the satellite.

Well, at least I've finally realized, after several days now, as I austrickse the whole system with the Sun, Earth and satellite, and I practically lodged against the laws of nature, even the nightmare is over. Early spring is now over, believe me, the sun has made it to the north. Although this is only the north of the satellite, I can it be the same. For me it is spring.

Spring here, and soon spring in Europe, because I'll start you ought to pack my backpack to mitzubekommen this event in France and Germany. The last days I hope to make a few trips, I was driving scooter (St. Maarten, great to see!), Today walking in Cayman degree by crystal clear water and maybe I still drink rum time NEN, Tortola. And then it goes well, is once again time for the real world! As I am looking forward ...

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Yes, now I'm so already the third time in Panama. And already on board at least one month, unbelievable. There it was about time to once again breathe fresh country air and use, especially the lunch break at the first supermarket of place (ie, the nearest of the pier, about 150m) to buy sweets for me to treat yourself. Delicious Cadbury toffees, fine.

The Angebt of goodies on board here is in fact straightforward. Granted, all of you already years container steamers cross the oceans would have made in our Crewbar big eyes, I even go so slow MundMs Haribo and the only sources of sugar aufn spirit. By the way, including financially, to look at the candy supply is quite interesting. So I can be quite loose for 5 € in the round of drinks Crewbar ne hall, which is so common in the same entry. For the same money but I get just a pack of Haribo or MundMs, okok, family size (one wonders who is always in the family all abbekommt what if you see the packaging!).

But I'm off the subject. Actually I want to write but I've been there several times in the liberty, when the 'outside' sometimes referred to as such. Run by Willemsburg on Curaçau, found after two hours that the safe was a cozy little village once, which is now in parallel by about 3 cruise ships that are there from time to time is taken up entirely. But solid ground under their feet, cola with ice in the street cafe and hardly avoidable sight on cruise ships. But nice, really. And I was in civilian clothes, gorgeous. Of course, not long enough, usually I would wait until the ships pass and then explore the city

Otherwise, I almost forgot Hattes, gabs here ne New Year's Eve party. With fireworks, of course. But after running a little tipsy over the ship and no one since the one he throws firecrackers! Lovely! Where are there any yet?

As a communications person, I was of course responsible for ensuring that a countdown clock that was projected over the deck the minute seconds and count it until midnight. The work was carried out by the second communications man, and it was difficult therefore had to, because we can not just run the clock yes, but also provide. So was carried out in a working meeting on the afternoon of complete communications team, a time comparison with all available sources, gait deviations due to the ship movements were pre-calculated and finally the clock was made.

A few hours later to go wrong.

Ok, just a few seconds to WHATEVER deviation, but enough that important guests felt impaired in their party mood. Yes man buys toast not a thousand-Euro Clock for only then on the only day of the year, where it counts the seconds at the wrong moment to have.

Fortunately, we have previously agreed to board it, that everything in my (our) pipe, uh dance, Clock, and the new year began at precisely the right moment. Most will not even notice that this year about 45 seconds shorter than other similar, but I'll remember it. I was once in charge of my life for when everyone else suddenly start to celebrate. Herrlich, hooray for the hierarchies!

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And still, everything is new, although I am now almost a given month on board. Not that this time is running faster, but still has all gone pretty quickly. I'm still not really used to the uniform, will also never happen that the picture is not me! But otherwise I've known some of the procedures on board. And I already find my cabin itself, also ne power! And the CrewBar clear.

But actually, it went pretty quickly find their way to the geographical. And yes, I had two weeks to familiarize myself with all the familiar. Uwe, who has been looking forward to his deserved Christmas vacation, I worked. Two weeks after all nothing more than. And, since now already almost two weeks, I am responsible for it, that everything that runs on speaking such a modern ship Kommunkations technique is necessary.

This is quite challenging, if only because it may take me well for a novice for two days until I find out where and why the switch has to be there. Although plans are (almost) everything, but sometimes scanned the cable plans from 13 floors to the right details. Without this experience takes things a bit, but you have plenty of time actually.

For what I can not do today, I make sure tomorrow. So clearly I was before, but here is on board each day worked. Every day, whether Sunday or bank holiday or a Monday. It always means getting up at 7, it always means 18h evening dinner. Only the ship's departure adds a little variety to everyday life, I have to check at different times if everything is ok on the bridge. So sometimes after 18h, or earlier. So that we can run safely. And between 18h and 7am I'm ready, I can run wenns beeps on the bridge ...

Now, the regularity of operations is awesome, sounds a bit like jail, and sometimes feels that way. But I should not complain, basically I've got a lot freedoms. I can on land, when my work allows for the representation and ne is there. And I'll soon be making times, yet was always something going on, after 4 weeks still not made a step in the Caribbean country. (Oops, just been out for 20 minutes, but sometimes yeah)

Otherwise, life on board is ok, the staff is friendly, I'm coming along well with most (usually I'm quite fond of pointing, but there remains a feeling ...). Above among the guests, I am not blowing around like, is too formal and I do not feel really like in my spare time when I have to go running around in uniform. For the crew get updated very often ne CrewBar, which is quite ok. Not really original, but it is cheap alcohol (Beck, Radeberger). So something like 0815-ne corner bar in NEM suburb. And because every day is not so hot bar too, I'm spending the evening in my cabin, and often look to NEN film and a sleeping there. Internet not get updated very often actually, few terminals with WWW access, hmmm. Regardless, I have come to realize the days are short anyway, if you work, somehow. Get updated very often and sometimes even free Wi-Fi from the shore, to a Yippee!

Leisure, so to some extent (is not that much), work is also ok. As always start with new people on board, nobody here is surprised that there really rumspringt without a long-standing experience in between. Only the captain - "Sad little king of a sad little hill" - pimped with daily regularity me around. This sucks, I finally do ne good work and can do nothing if the technology to talk on strike even there. Thus, the wage of a stressful day is often the explanation from the boss of the whole, one can precisely nothing. He must know. Anyway, yes I get money, probably just something to endure. And yes there are other kings, but have heard that some will be more blatant, brrr.

So, everything is new. Much is lost in the old year, not me. And I am also not really changed, perhaps externally. And I am glad that my memory of the other world fades out as not so fast, something I've already homesick. You may know that I was much / many I have left degree so at home would have liked with me. Do not go, but soon ... for sure!

First a wonderful new year to you, me, a little later and I will not forget, even though I can not write in the blog here as often as thought. Keep me first in uniform-free good Erinerung - Greetings from Grenada.

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