Hello all of you,
Well it is long time ago, that we´ve been writing into our travel diary. But we have not been traveling the last year. We both were working, to make sure, once we are on the road, we don´t have to think from the first moment on about how to afford our travelling, since we´ve been the victim of robbery as you know. But now we continue our journey.
First of all a short overview about what happened the last year.
After we have been back to Pfreimd, to Raimunds parents, I myself did work on different fairs, while Raimund did the necessary things on our bus and as well some construction work at the house of his parents.
For the winter season I did go to Switzerland to work in the hotelbusiness.
The Hotel and Restaurant I worked, is a fantastic old patrician house, the couple which owns it, are meanwhile friends to me.
Jutta from Austria, chef , and Peter from Switzerland, the “Allrounder” made work there to my adventure in their 16 points restaurant (18 points is the highest standard in Switzerland).
...„Peter and Jutta“
It was a wonderful but certainly as well quiet hard work. In my leisure time I walked up the mountains and in the surrounding. I did enjoy my time there surely and end of April came much to fast.
...„Winterwonderland in Grüsch“
Back again Raimund and I calculated and counted our money and realiezed it should be better to work a bit more to have more money on our back. Well what to do?
I did question this to a friend, Wolfgang, with whom I worked in my previous job with Grand Circle Travel. Wolfgang is working since two years for a different company and told me I should give them a call. That’s how I came to the company which I worked all summer long. This time not as tourguide/ programdirector but as cruisedirector. As I had the interview in Vienna, my new boss asked me wether I could work next week in Russia, on one of there ships, the MS Surikov. Jes sure I can!!
Russia, me there, just great, fantasic!!!
...„Welcome to Moscow“
Without knowing the Russian language or the tour itself in Russia I did fly over to Moscow. A strange feeling, adventure, chaotic but in the same time wonderful. Two month I stayed there in which I got to know Russia, the people, the language spokenwise and how the Russians are living.
...„Russian-Karelien, a village somewhere there“
With tears in my eyes I left Russia. But I know for sure, this was not my last time in Russia, one time in the future I will visit all my friends – most of them are from Rostov van Dom in the South of Russia. The stretch between Moscow and St. Petersburg on the river Volga, Onegalake, Lagadolake and the river Neva I do know now perfectly well.
...„Friends and colleagues on the MS Surikov“
After that, I did go back to Pfreimd to see Raimund for a short while, before I continued work on the MS Remrandt, which did sail on the waterways of Europe. This stretches I did know very well, since I did them already with my old company. Two and a half month I stayed on the MS Rembrandt and enjoyed it a lot. Work was great, even the workingdays were 14 hours in average.
...„with the MS Rembrandt somewhere on the Mosell river
Till 2004 I just worked with American passengers, now with this new company it was my first time to work with German speaking passengers. That was very interesting for me.
Lot´s of new experiences privatwise as well then for buisness I made this whole year.
...„At the Captains-dinner on one of the 7 days trips“
Meanwhile Raimund felt „homesick“ to Scotland. Since Wolfgang always wanted to get to know Scotland and not just out of books and TV, Raimund and Wolfgang went on a shorttrip with tent over to Scotland. Wolfgang is now as well infected with the “Scotland-fever”
...„with the tent in the Highlands of Scotland“
Other than been to Scotland, Raimund did more work on our bus and as well the house of his parents. Further on he arranged everything else which he could do for our further on journey to
South-America
ecember Raimund will drive our bus to Hamburg, where then the bus is going into a container, which leaves Hamburg three days later for a 20 days seatrip to Buenos Aires – Argentinia. On 16th of December I will go via Lissabon to Buenos Aires. My boss gave me a one last work as tourguide for a trip on the MS Delphin to Buenos Aires. With about 30 passengers from Club 50 I will be on the ocean liner celebrating christmas and New Years eve.
Who knows, maybe on my way I will see the cargoship, on which Christopherus (our bus) does his way to Buenos Aires. Unfortunatly all by himself, since we did not get any accommodation for Raimund on the cargoship. That´s why Raimund will fly over on the 5th of January, same time when Christopherus and myself will arrive there.
Then our easy going life will continue, first of all we will go on direction Feuerland, since there summertime is in the midst.
Well, our friends, now you know more about us again and you can already look forward to our 2nd part of journey. We are in the last part of preparing everything and certainly to refresh and learn more about the Spanish language.
We are already looking forward to our new adventure and hope you do as well!!
Hasta luego!
Michaela & Raimund