I can see you thinking about this title: back?! Yes, I had left the place and didn't tell a soul! Well, apart from some...

Did you hear that story about a brother and sister both getting married on the same day (no, not to each other, don't be gross!) and their little sister not being there because she's travelling the world? Guess what: she was there after all! :D
A little over a week ago, I was writing a letter to them, to send home for their weddings. While writing, it suddenly hit me what it means to be that far away and I realised I actually really need to be there!

Two hours later I walked out of an internetcafe, completely stressed and with a big gap in my budget: I booked a ticket to Amsterdam! I was so hyper that I needed Sjoerd on skype to guide me through the booking proces, because I wasn´t even sure anymore aboutwhat my birthday is.

I only told Sjoerd and the best friend of my future sister in law about it, I needed some people on the other end for logistical preparations.I flew in on friday, so had to ´hide´ at Sjoerd´s place for a few days.

One other advantage of coming back was that I finally had a good excuse to go shopping!! It´s so good here. The style is really nice, kinda gypsy/bohemian chic, or however you describe this. The shops are great: apart from having really nice and cheap stuff, they are also beautifully decorated. Too bad that they sell nearly only XS or S, and if they by any chance have an M, you´re lucky if it fits, because they don´t seem to have the same idea of what a size M should be.... :/ I went shopping with a friend and we felt like some humungus whales trying to fit in these tiny clothes. Anyway: succes! I had a hard time choosing from some really good ones... But I have to be strikt: this morning I packed all my stuff into my backpack for the first time and it´s heavy and big now!! Woops! Well, I just tell myself I´m gonna have to last 8 months or more on this, so I´m alowed some overweight pack, ain´t I? And more than that: I´m a girl! I can´t help it! ;)

So I was in Utrecht for some days, we had a really great time! It was really nice to just hang around, no obligations, nowhere to go to. I had some nice sunny days with snow, excellent!

Monday was quite stressfull though. I had an appointment at the hairdressers at 12:00 in Utrecht. Haven´t been inside one for many years, but my regular hairdresser was occupied with other things.... Booh! ;) I was supposed to be at my parent´s house before 13:15, because everyone would leave then and of course they weren´t going to wait for me... You can imagine I was slightly stressed when the girl that was going to do my hair was late... Anyway she did a good job and I rushed Sjoerd while he drove us home (sorry for that love, glad you understood!) and we made it exactly in time.

And then: the moment supreme!! Arrival at the mispelgaarde!! Wow, that was so excellent! After meeting my stunned father outside the frontdoor, the rest of my family inside went nuts when I came in! They couldn´t believe their eyes! Disbelieve soon turned into complete excitement and it was fantastic to see them all again and see howhappy everyone was.

It was a great day and everyone, me at most, was very happy I could be there for one of the biggest moments in the lives of both my brother and sister, but of course also for my new brother- and sister-in-law and for my parents! I´m so glad I went, wouldn´t want to have missed this in the world!! Excellent day, thank you all!

I´ve been back in Buenos Aires for a few days now. It has been raining a lot ever since and that doesn´t make the city very apealing. Of course I could take more spanish lessons (which is going quite well, I must say) but adventure is calling. Add to that that I´ve seen most ofthe city,and I´m a little done with the crowdedness, dirty air and lack of natureand you might understand why I´m leaving this afternoon. In two hours I will be on a 23 hour busride down south to Bariloche! I´m very excited, there´s so much to do there! Rafting, horse-backriding, skydiving, cycling, hiking, beautifull views, nice swiss-looking town and it´s also the chocolate-capital of Argentina! Don´t think I need to explain more, do I?I´ll only stay a week, Catherine comes next sunday, very much looking forward to that too! We´ll give the city another go then.

So in between working off loads of calories and adding them back on in the evenings over good food and chocolate, I´ll give uploading pictures another attempt. I have tried it several times, but they make it quit challenging here! So that´s my excuse for not keeping everyone updated properly. Sorry! At least now you know what´s up, will be adding pictures to these words as soon as I can.

What a pity I didn´t meet many people in my ´bliksem-bezoek´, so would like to hear how everyone is doing! René: I went by your house when taking a walk around the neighbourhood with Sjoerd, unfortunately you weren´t home! :( What a pity! Maybe better luck next time...

So greatings from the other side of the world.

Hasta not so luego!!

(ps: sorry if you got two emails about this post! I looked at it again after posting and discovered so many spelling mistakes, I had do edit it! :) Otherwise all my english-speaking friends will be making fun of me...)