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Year 2009 is been difficult economically, not very many trips for me. However, I visited 2 new countries (new as I had not visited it before) – Belgium and at the end of the year – Denmark.

I loved Copenhagen, really nice and clean city. The Tivoli is something extraordinary. It was all lit up with thousand of christmas lights, the feeling was magical.

I defenetly want to go back one day.

This year (2009) I’ve visited Belgium twice and once Latvia.

I love Bruxelles – it’s beautiful – old meets new. And those Belgium waffels and chocolate… mmm… could eat endlessly!

What I really love about Bruxelles, is that there’s so many parks and green areas in the city. And those noisy lovely parrots in the parks flying around.

“Party-breakers” for me are the totally confusing metrostations without any understandable sign-system and the rain. It can be truly sunny and warm night one day and rainy the next. Must bring umbrella with me next time!

So my great trip to the US was wonderful!! I went to Miami, Florida; to NY and to LA, California.

I had never been to US before, so it was great experience for me. People are nice, cars are American :P and shopping is cheap. I saw all the must-see-places, ate local food and walked around a lot. I liked the wild nature as well – the Everglades with the alligators (fortunately didn’t meet any of them personally, neither any of the snakes, spiders nor mountain lions); the Californian canyons, the two oceans that are so different from each other. I saw the iguanas in Miami running wild, the squirrels and raquuns in NY Central park and the pelicans and sea lions in California. Awesome!

These three cities are so big and so different from each other. Loved the Halloween decorations everywhere, but isn’t it too early for the Christmas decorations? They were everywhere as well…

I had flight changes in Berlin and in London, so lots of free time in these cities too.

Overall, best trip ever!

Next trip – Stockholm in Sweden at the end of November :) That’ll be the last one this year (probably, but you’ll never know), alltogether, I’ve had 13 bigger and smaller trips this year outside my own country.