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The holiday is over. For almost NER week, but one has to first arrive on board. And because it was not that long ago that I back my beard shave every day, sometimes I feel like I'm just out for a little while. From France, from Berlin, from Nantes, where ever I spent 5 weeks in November ...

Arrived in Dubai, I was allowed to stay ne first night in the hotel so I could enjoy a coffee in the morning with a view. And know that, despite the crisis, the safest bank in the Middle East, the Bank of Kuwait. And the world's safest bank KfW . Hmmm ...

Ne sure thing is the Christmas tree, of course, first on my Aufstiegstag about me was so important antennas built - quickly got a taste of what I say about it before. But a high mast will already have NEN sense, the thought itself. And certainly the Christmas spam, einregnet hourly with appropriate messages to one ("A merry Christmas and I am then in the new year to reach") is ignored and is unerringly.

Less certain was my colleagues, but also like it, I've been lucky again. And if something is different here than on the last ship, but all the same. Or the other way. And although more work for the entry decency than one would like, I almost ne world tour behind me. We went to Dubai to Mumbai to Goa and now we are going back to Muscat. Oh, and I was so close to India not long. And I hope however, that I sometimes come out next trip to return to refuel some Indian chaos - that is so unfortunately much too short degree.

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is indeed what fine times. For a week I accompanied my baby here, and that was a thrilling experience. Lots of sun, holiday, love, and in October. Since then does not matter if the landscape here, mostly because more impressive 'fucking brill' is gabs enough sun and I've done it even once before the door, uh, gangway.

Since we include in Funchal, Madeira by cable car drove into the air, then in addition to hiking trails and water to test whether my height sensitivity is only effective in Slovenian mountains (she does not). Food and drinks on a hot stone gabs rather cool, but the place to be on land. In addition, one feels almost at home when at the next table from colleagues vessel meets. How encouraging village.

I also like hats dearest, even if the shock cover on board often difficult. Is safe because we avoid fancy restaurants on land as well as non-ferrous event Lighted areas for parties rather. Apart from the merger, but that one can not compare at all times now. And so I got again described as an old sailor from a cruise novice all the things I will not see for a long time. By the way fusion was, but recently a service technician with NEM corresponding bracelet. Yeah, here he takes care of the laser, the tower on the merger stage is brightly colored handicrafts. Aja, as is encouraging village in this world.

Otherwise Thats has two trips across Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, interesting nature, anyway. So above all inanimate nature, muck about with lava flows, where you look. Everything looks as if something very important here, just going to be built (an airport, a parking lot?) And so everything was schonmal zugeschottert. For it to a short moment, the effect may well live, but you do not want really. Even though there are camels, who feel quite at home. And I was also for 15 minutes camel, but that's another story.

Lastly, Hansa has once again lost against St. Pauli, a game looks even beeen at a 372-inch TV from Nich really great.

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is very important on board. Especially if one always turns the same weekly circles that can otherwise be so easily bored. Variety gabs, but rarely have the time to write much. Since the birthday party was from my boss, 40 isser geworden.Und at least as much a liter of beer was drunk in his honor. From me. Worthy was also remembered the evening when suddenly so ne Indian TV soap opera came and then I had itchy feet again. As far as that goes, here in the distance.

Homesickness gabs, but on the other hand can be done so at least something. On the one hand me my darling today is to accompany for a week, which really is schonmal the hit. Can only go not so much broken, then I do with my sweet my first real cruise! So with holiday feeling and stuff. And if you're at it - to another - comes by my mom for a week of vacation because her son has devised such a creative birthday gift.

Well, anyway, and then I'm so much in the holiday mood, I sometimes still fix the record straight stitch and then write the same - that is, in three weeks - fly home. Exactly. Here we go, hopefully I'll prepare the technology on board until then not much variety ...

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which is nich. Now I can finally go out once a week, turning night into day, enjoy the party life of Funchal, well, you know. And the next day I must get up early anyway. And, even though the world is as dark here early and rude at 7, as everywhere else! Unfair, as that

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is the same as spring and autumn. Sort of. And diligent readers will recall, the other day was spring . I was on board and a little surprised that the antenna was directed toward the sun rather than according to their plan, and our satellite. And now autumn. What is not much better, but the roof antenna cheer here (in the same upper-deck seamanship) completely messes up again. Only time will also be a good sign?

Anyway, it's a sign that even the half of October and thus soon around my mission is. And now the month has arrived where I get a visitor from afar, because I am looking forward. Also because the feeling of the unknown in three weeks will be over, beautifully. Until then, I'll continue rumkreisen between the Canary Islands. And look what it has to look.

Yeah, the Canaries, some beautiful islands alternate with barren lunar landscape. Honestly, if the Americans had really had what it, then the whole coal for the moon landing would have spent on the few awesome parties and rumhüpfen Hanseln be here. Just like islands Fuerteventura and Lanzarote have indeed gotten pretty name, but unfortunately not much else. Okok, not so many craters gibs cheer as the moon, I think. But otherwise the same. Little people, little bars and dust all around. At least, my current impression.

Get updated very often once a week for the chance to spend the evening ashore in Madeira and get back to feeling like a country girl. So far, only two gabs pub culture but yes gibs on board. In addition to theater pictures, sometimes quite surprising when you make the attention falls on it. Just art. And voltage and chocolate gibs on board, so what I want? Zm as ne award as an employee of the week, oh yeah, that would be something ...

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Well that's it then that is, three hours I was in Africa. Specifically, Tangier, Morocco. And was kind of interesting, but somehow not entirely unusual excitement. Tangier has mittlealterliche have a real town. And of course, ne series buildings on the beach but something I look at me so Nich. And still more people who want to show a permanent town, with no obligation. Then you try to carpet stores get to tell you what the horse (I here teachers have ') and then, if you have them finally made it clear that one is really buying anything, again you try to turn a handful of shoe polish.

Nich me. For one, I'm used to better persuasion by India, on the other, I need no creams or similar degree. Apart from gabs Nich many experiences in the three hours, a few guns were already the Armed Forces School highlight of the trip. And Arabic characters, which are not to be understood. What causes that only German inscriptions on monuments or drawings were saying, I'm just focused on me. And other little things along the way. For example, incredibly widespread signs of laughing cow , something you can not open a store here. And so one of the famous (?) Historic old town radiates into the smallest streets in the even more famous image of the cow with cheese on the ear. Is probably just as obligatory as the KAGO signs on East German garden fences - but heck, the cow is happy. And I also threw ...

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This is the magical event that I now had to wait a half weeks. Finally somewhere overnight and therefore are going after work just like the boat and leave it all behind me once, fine. However once it was ordered to advance a long way to run, once the busy Atlantic coast of Europe long. To see La Havre, La Coruna and Santander gabs, from the ship, of course.

After the strong storm in the German Bight we were ready for anything, as it should now go through the Bay of Biscay. "This sea area is for bad weather, strong winds and extreme sea conditions known." says Wikipedia. For me, this sea area for its glassy surface of the water and dolphins that swim their dorsal fin out of the water stretching fun through the water (although in our opposite direction) is known. Maybe I will the alarmists articles on Wikipedia adjust times.

When I come to it.

After all, even to get updated very often also experience a lot, if you take not at a computer and explore the world outside. And if you overnight. Lisbon, for example. Squeaking trams, Nobel cafes overlooking the city and alternative rock festival . And slices with things. And Ampelmännchen. And almost no one knows the band. Ninfo and bar , for example, the latter actually quite acceptable. A beautiful evening in the real world.

And stuff come soon again. Then, in Funchal, Madeira. There we lie every week from Sunday to Monday in the port, woot. Still remains just find out where the noisy scene hidden there like that, but is already. And before that I will be tomorrow for the first time in Africa, albeit briefly. Today in Cadiz, we put the evening over to Tangier / Morocco, the shore I can not let it escape.

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Already. Almost unnoticed, I'm three days ago, went back to sea to sea again now to fahren.War almost predictable that my ship (!) Can not cope without me for so long coming. Ultimately, the supreme mission control after several high waves on the telephone line that connects them with me, decided to pick me up the ship in Rostock and then far on my support to the South goes, and then to circle at weekly intervals to the Canary Islands.

Two months summer vacation, a sauna on the beach, hiking in Slovenia, paddling in the lagoon, Rio Reiser in Fresenhagen, riding a motorcycle on the Baltic coast. Two months with my loved ones. And some of you so I could make in two months. And now that summer is over. Or rather, the year is over, because it go where we of course continue to summer. But the time of a free life is over again, and somehow it is unbelievable that I was, for example, only for three days in Berlin. The summer was too short. But he was nice, yeah!

Cry now, nothing helps, I'm getting back on the board everyday and am looking forward so first on the North Sea storm farewell, we pass through on their way to Hamburg today. Good waves for the steamer. It can no longer ignore the sway it shows we are at sea. And for the first time in my seafaring career, I have come back to a known vessel that has something too. Many of the familiar people, nice people, so that the work is fun again. If only the absoluteness of anBordseins would not be ... well, yeah.

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Or so.
At least I have the last tour again correctly use the possibilities and made the trip again NEN working holiday trip. As far as that goes. So very same commitment and started on the first stop of our tour Baltic same time landed.
Tallinn is a beautiful small town of just when the sun not to be despised. Unfortunately, a bit empty, except for a street in downtown Tallinn has not really revived. After all, there are a lot of cafes and even an aura photo shop, so what more could you want?
Sure, if you go to Tallin to the east and wants more, wants to St. Petersburg. Or Leningrad, depending on whether you believe the entrance sign on the water or the city. Mir's it matter to me so I've also looked at St. Petersburg. A beautiful, exciting city. Cultural highlights of which I previously knew only from the Russian point last seen time ago. And ends the trip as I had begun it.

Started on Nevsky Prospekt, fell directly on the cathedral Kasansker ausm taxi. And I was pleased about the nice people there comfortably romp on the lawn. However, since the city's wishes rather have clean and empty, just bring any money people in the park's why people come out of there soon and Rasensprikler with prohibition signs down. Aha.
At the end of the trip a similar experience, but we are not there yet. First came out for the Winter Palace, the Church of the Redeemer, the armored cruiser Aurora, the Peter and Paul Fortress and the only Toilettenbus the world (or at least far and wide) to see, wonderful. In between all the Neva, about the sun and in the hand is always playing Russian ice cream tasting on board with this waffle. Which incidentally is not even raise more easy.
In any event, a wonderful trip, impressive. Evening, then back towards the harbor, in time to get over the seven bridges that open at night and no one left after 1 am on the islands of the city, including the ship leave.
Then, at the former beach promenade or drink a beer, And come to blabber on, with two Russians, one was German (no wonder they came from Wiesbaden). Former beach promenade, in front because of the new harbor is being built. There, where our ship is, in this huge building site in the middle of nothing. An artificially raised port, to a highway and an artificially constructed town. And where before there were times of social housing with a beach view now creates a Nobel world that Dubai can be gathering dust in the sand, or something like that (see [1] and [2] ). Aha.

Then I got an old Russian tradition, my disappointment sunk in alcohol, and that was wonderful!

Well, yesterday in Stockholm looked at again in the evening, from fersehturm, and now shall it be also already time to pack belongings. Is about time, and now I am at least correct in the holiday mood. And by the end of your holiday ISTS long way off, juhuuu!

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Knowing even from before. Early it goes with NEM thick wallet and NER Russian work on the horizon in the school, nothing seems further away than the holiday on the Baltic Sea. Sitting quietly in the classroom and sweat. Because the heat is incredibly early age. So that you can not concentrate anyway, to do nothing. And then, after Hofpause, around 10am, a tense waiting for the recess bell. Those decisions based on results of a research unfälschbaren inspection of selected specialists (Physik!) thermometer to school, between Russian retreat and freedom.
And it rings once, twice, yeah! The whole school screaming "free heat" and an hour later they all meet again in the pool, exactly, because that was back then.
Today, everything is different, but yet so similar. First, Martin's fault. After I am THURSDAY evening after a furlough of a few hours (nice people and made my future scooter) was on board again in time we would just run out yet (ie depart) must. But Martin, in his capacity a stormy deep, had to spontaneously run up to peak performance . Too much rush for the exit port of Rostock small and such a large ship.
Friday, after waking up, is still Rostock left and right visible next to the ship. Another day on board already, but have not got away from the pier. Martin blows still full can. And as always, on the first day there ne emergency exercise, but this time got away without his at all.
And then the decision must be made. Not from me, fortunately. But not to make the whole even more stressful, it is decided that all guests are allowed to return until midnight on board if they want to, before It could not go.
Granted, there was not really a cry hurray on board. In my ears were guests who came from Rostock, who of course were thrilled limited. Could look but then again at home on the right, in speaking such a storm you never know
But the crew, so I could also get out again, this time until late in the evening. Yeah! A smile on the Geschtern some fish Koeppe. What an offer for an evening at home, thank you Martin!
An evening that was truly wonderful, it's good cooking itself. And then There Were Hop, live, and directly in our house. half and half . Well, Sturmfrei just because party is made. Lovely!

And that was yesterday, today and Martin have not lost the fun to annoy us. But a little out of breath but isser. And off we go, right. With 2 days late. Be wherever, now finally has to improvise. But I'm looking forward to the penultimate round here, which is more varied than expected.

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