Sun, 16 Dec 2007

Arrived in Germany

The flight was OK - take-off was about an hour late, but due to favourable wind we landed almost in time. Sitting on a plane for more than 11 hours is never nice, and being surrounded by some rather primitive young men didn't exactly help. The movies were OK, the service was OK, we even found the Twix box before it was empty. By the time of our arrival at Schiphol both of us had migraine. We spent some more time stuck in a traffic jam in the car with my parents, who had picked us up, but that wasn't really bad: we were home, we were together with my parents (and their dog), there was good food and drink ... After arriving in my hometown we had a good night's sleep.

Germany is chilly and dark. The winter sun is very nice, though. I find my hometown idyllic in an almost Dutch way: distances are short, everything is small and close, there are few people, hardly any traffic in the streets, it's very quiet, no noises at all in the night. The air is fresh. It's a great relief after Hong Kong.

We're now in the middle of preparing everything for A.'s christening, which will take place tomorrow.

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