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Nie, nie wieder Austria!
Okay we did stay longer in austria than we did believe. The austrian people are so crazy unhappy and unfriendly. We did used a lot of time just of standing and no car is even stopping for asking where we wanna go. We where taken by foreign people and not by austria at any time. Some told me that the BILD newspaper did wrote in the 80th 3 weeks long cruel things about hitchhiking and nobody after that did take any hitchhikers (I will research later in Internet). Somehow we did make it to Villach closed to Slovenia. Now we have bought a train ticket to Ljubiana after standing on a petrol station on the highway passing 3000-5000 cars where not even one car tried to stop. Actual we have no host there but everything is better than staying one more night in austria. We did not plane to stay that long in this crazy land.
Upcoming GA
It's that time of year again: when the highly motivated get ready for the pilgrim journey. Yup, the GA is fast approaching and the interested will gather in Grimbergen on the 11th and the 12th of July to vote for board members and discuss the future of BeWelcome and BeVolunteer.
This, the 3rd GA, is my second time - missed it last year, unfortunately. I find it quite enjoyable, a nice excercise of democracy and team work. To me it's about affirming the basic values of BW: the openness, the inclusiveness, the democracy. So I hope to see a lot of people there, working together on a common project :)
Left to say is just that the GA is open for everyone with an interest in BW and/or BV. While some issues can be voted on by only BV members, discussion is typically open for everyone, even on the topics where only BV members can vote. For more info, check the forum thread by Claudia: http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s632-BeVolunteer-General-Assembly-2009---BeWelcome-meeting
auf los geht es los
The difficulties of getting on the road
So, here I go - I start writing this blog at bewelcome - we'll see what for ;-)
Currently 'm trying to get an invitation to Russia, business visa - doesn't look that easy and seemingly impossible to leave next week monday. We'll see.
I'd love to take the ferry next week, Rostock->Helsinki ....
see you arround
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