After years of hard working and studying was it finally there, graduation! Even though I was not there to pick up my degree since I was working and traveling in Germany I still did it! And now it was time to focus on my next chapter in life, backpacking down under!
Everybody knows that traveling for a year would cost a lot of money at least that is what everybody around me told me. Also needed I $5000 on my bank account when I would arrive in Australia on a working holiday visa. So I worked and saved a lot for the past 2 years and started looking for a host family in Australia where I could work as a live in nanny and earn some extra money. In September did I finally found a family. Mom, dad and two lovely little girls (9 months and 4 years) living in Sydney. So I applied for my work and holiday visa and booked a single flight to Sydney that would leave the same week.
Time to say goodbye to my friends and family back in The Netherlands and time to pack my bag. From experience I knew I had to pack less then I think I needed, but I failed again. When I went to the US for a year as a exchange student I ended up with coming back home with 16 pairs of shoes! Now I ended up packing 6 pairs of shoes but by the time it is now I am backpacking around with 9 pairs of shoes! But I guess I have good packing skills since I never send stuff back home and I never pay more than one check-in luggage that can only be around 21kg.
Before you know it the big day is there. In the morning it was time to wave goodbye to my sister on Schiphol airport who was flying back to Kenia. Later that evening my parents and I saw the 2nd airport for that day. But this time Frankfurt international airport to wave goodbye to me. A last hug, kiss and wave and let the movie marathon begin! Australia here I come! :)
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