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Last weekend we celebrated the 12,5 years marriage of my father and stepmom. The whole family was invited to our favourite Dutch island, Ameland. My niece and I live in the same region, so we decided to travel to the island together. We met at Amsterdam Central station, and were right on time to board the train which should bring us to Leewarden, a 3 hour trip. And I say ’should’, because we weren’t even halfway when an announcement told us the train couldn’t continue due to an accident on the track.

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The last couple of weeks I spent most of my time studying for my exams. Every eight weeks I have an exam week at college. I had 12 exams, most of them related to aviation in some way. In comparison to last year, this year will be a challenge for all of us. For most of the exams I already have my grades, and I must say that I’m pretty satisfied about the achieved results.

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The second year of Aviation Operations college has begun this week. Next to some subjects we already had last year, we have a couple of new -very interesting- subjects this year; all related to aviation.

One of the things I noticed immediately is the level of the lessons this year, as it is much higher than last year. We’ll get more homework, and we have to pay more attention in class in order to get good grades on the exams. Were last year was almost effortless for most of us, this year will be a challenge!

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Last Friday we went to a cabin in Tulameen. This town is located in the mountains, about 3 and a half hours driving from Vancouver. Kelly’s parents own a cabin there, which is actually as big as a house, with all the facilities you need. During our trip to the cabin, we drove through the mountains. I was really impressed about the stunning views there.

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The last couple of days here in Vancouver mainly existed of taking some rest, communication with family and friends back home in the Netherlands, and some short trips in and around Vancouver.

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I’m in Vancouver now for almost one week, and it’s great. The people are nice, the weather is good, and there’s a lot to see here. Yesterday I went to Stanley Park, a huge park close to downtown Vancouver. We walked around the park and sat in the grass. It’s a great place to relax, and a lot of civilians of Vancouver will probably go there to do so.

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On Tuesday the 22th of July I went to Vancouver to visit my friend Kelly. After a 10 hour flight I finally arrived at Vancouver international airport. At the immigration department they asked me a lot of questions, about what I’m going to do in Canada, where I’m going to stay and they wanted me to show my ticket back to the Netherlands.

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The cover of Ameland …ander land

Since last Tuesday there’s a new travel guide about Ameland. Written by my father and stepmom, who really like being at the island. The result is wonderful. Since the publication of this book, Ameland is the first of the Dutch islands with an official travel guide. The book counts 144 pages, filled with beautiful texts and illustrations.

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