At the end of last summer, when the new school year started, I began my internship at KLM loadcontrol. This essential department of KLM's operation is accommodated in the Operations Control Center of the KLM at Schiphol East. Together with the other trainees the internship started with a training of two weeks, to learn the principles of loadcontrolling and to work with the software.
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Last week I went on a mini cruise to York (England) with my father and stepmom. I didn't went on vacation this summer so we decided to go on a small holiday of three days. I've been in England several times now, getting there with all possible ways of transportation like by airplane and high speed train. This time I went by boat, and it was pretty comfortable.
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The last weeks were busy, but now the summer holiday begins and I'll be free for more than one and a half month. The school year finished with an exam week, with 9 exams about the subject material of the preceding eight weeks. During the week before last one we've also had 3 exams and a presentation. Just like the other exam weeks this year I've been incredibly busy with studying, and the results are quite satisfying.
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Last week's Thursday I went to the Airport Fire Brigade at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with college. Our teacher promised us to go there a while ago, and now we finally got the opportunity to learn more about the prevention and protection against fires at the airport. The fire department at Schiphol is situated at three different locations on the airport. Each location is responsible for its own area. In case of an air crash or
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