Author Archives: andreaonderweg

Don’t they look cute? All bundled up? These little Michelin men, with gigantic heads, their faces disappearing behind goggles and neck warmers? All in their orange vests with their names on it. All struggling to hold on to their skis, cradling it awkwardly like a very skinny baby. All dreamy…

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Everett, Washington, is only a half hour drive from Seattle. It’s home to one of the biggest manufacturers of airplanes in the world: Boeing. Well, it’s one of the sites in the world where Boeing works on airplanes. Here the 747, 777 and 787 are assembled from pieces flown in from…

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Twice a week my Valley Kids come to ski school. They’ve just come back from a two week Christmas break. Before Christmas I spent four days with them practising our pizzas on some green mats, the easy hill that has a 10 meter run. After four days of doing pizzas…

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Shall I do it? Is it worth it? The orca season was really over and yet I heard a girl say she saw them only a week before. I’ve done whale watching before and I know it’s not always what you expect it to be. When you see a fin…

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It’s super hard for me to choose which photos I love the most. Some look good, others remind me of a fun moment and yet others show the beauty of the places I have seen. And I have seen many! I took my camera almost everywhere and thus I have…

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I’m walking to the train station and that area has some bus stops, but also seems to be a popular place to hang out, especially if you have no place to be. One man comments on my backpack and says I must have been everywhere, big smile on his face.…

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Right. Just over a week ago I came to Whistler. All I can say is. I am impressed. At first I was more overwhelmed. This mountain is huge! The amount  of staff working here is crazy. I keep looking at the ski instructor uniform on the coat rack and have…

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The off season makes travelling a little harder. In the morning it still wasn’t sure if my tour could actually go. Luckily they confirmed just in time. The upside of the off season is that if you can do the things you want to do, it is a lot quieter…

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Rainy day in Seattle? Ok, pretty common this time of year. Not necessarily the worst though. There are many things you can still do, like visiting one of the museums. The EMP museum kept me entertained for over 3 hour and I pretty much left because they were going to…

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I’ve arrived in Seattle. I open the train doors and walk off. One of the train staff is yelling. He’s yelling at me! Apparently you cannot open doors yourself in America. I try to find the bus stop, but the locals send me off in the wrong direction, so I…

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