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Jumping in The Hague, Netherlands

2 June, 2013 from The Hague, Netherlands 2 Comments

Last weekend before starting the trip around the world! I am J’s +1 for a wedding in Breda, south of The Netherlands. I haven’t been back in this country since 2007 when I had been working in and out of Amsterdam for 3 months during a loooong and rainy Dutch winter).

I’m happy to be back here, and what’s more, to be back for a non-work related activity :). The wedding on Saturday in Breda was much fun. Although I was one of the very few non-Dutch onboard, I never felt excluded as everybody spoke great English. Even the civil Servant, spoke a few words of English towards the few non-Dutch!

On Sunday, we had a few hours to kill before getting back to the airport. We went back to The Hague to spend some time on the beach under the sun. And of course to Jump!

We spent some time in one of those Lounge Bars along the beachside where they have proper beds to chill the heck out. Time was so great that I conveniently decided to forget my camera there. I only realized when back in Schiphol Airport… to late for coming back. Fortunately J is a very resourceful, powerful and wonderful gal and got the camera back in less than 24 hours! Merci, merci, merci J !!!

Jumping in Athens, in front of the Acropolis

9 May, 2013 from Athens, Greece 1 Comment

France is a lovely country to live in. Especially in May as the month is clogged with Bank Holidays. And Bank Holidays is a great thing, right?

Taking advantage of 2 consecutive Bank Holidays, J and I took a break from a busy Parisian life to spend 5 days in Greece, first half in Athens, and second half in Santorini Island.

Athens was nice, although I was a bit let down. I had in mind a city like Roma or Paris full of history in every corner. Of course you have large beautiful and major sites but the city in itself felt a bit grey and unattractive to me. Okay, maybe was it due to the fact that the day before departure to Greece I had 2 teeth removed and may not have been in the best happy-go-lucky mindset during the first days of my stay in Athens 🙂

But whining set apart, I very much enjoyed the Acropolis and the views from there. And, as usual, the place was a great base to start Jumping. J accepted to be the jumping photographer of the trip and she really much lived up to the challenge !

After Athens, we headed to Santorini, a little Island part of the Cyclades. That Island, and the place we stayed at, the Santorini Princess, were truly gorgeous. So gorgeous that we even forgot to jump there…. #FAIL.

Jumping in Karlovy Vary

26 October, 2012 from Karlovy Vary, Czechia Leave a Comment

I hadn’t been in Czech Republic since 2008. So I had never in Czech Rep before ! This time we took advantage of an extended weekend to go to Czech Rep and meet our great friend Aga that was coming from Berlin.

We all had already been in Prague so we wanted to do something a bit different this time. Aga had the great idea of going to Karlovy Vary, a thermal city close to the German border. Karlovy Vary seems very famous in Russia. So famous that in the city you’ll find many signs in Cyrillic and many people talking Russian. Quite fun.

We stayed a couple of days there, spent some time in Spas, but most of the time eating Goulash. At the end of the second day it started to snow heavily, the whole area became lovely (except for the many cars and buses stuck in the snow or that had had an accident…).

We then headed back to Prague for the last 2 days… and ate some more Goulash.

Jumping Around Cluj-Napoca

11 March, 2011 from Cluj-Napoca, Romania Leave a Comment

Taking advantage of a very cheap Wizzair flight to Cluj-Napoca, I ended up spending a weekend in this little city in northern Romania along with Sylvain.

I must admit my total lack of culture and confess that I didn’t even know about the name of this city before booking the tickets. After some little digging, you’ll learn that Cluj-Napoca it located in Transylvania, famous for Dracula and other dark stories. Maybe this is why they have the strongest Garlic sauce I ever tasted ?

Jumping in front of Saint Michael church and Mathias Corvinus statue:

The city in itself is quiet during the day but become very lively at night as this is mostly a student city. Compared to the rainy & grey weather in Paris at the same time, it was a real relief to be spending a weekend in a sunny place like this.