Orange colour of Happiness!

What is the colour of Happiness?! Definitely Orange! If Love is branded in Red, Happiness will stay in my imagination coloured in this bright and warm colour of the Netherlands!

4,5 days full of smiles, great moments spent with friends, live chats about recent experiences and thoughts in stock... and lots of dreams coming true!!!

I arrived on Friday night and 2 of my good friends met me in the airport with a Welcome package :) Felt myself as a Saratov Trainee as there was (still is -?) a strong culture of meeting newcomers with bunch of balloons, souvenirs and positive smiles :) A Great Surprise indeed!

Next day we walked around Amsterdam, taking long and exciting routes and making lots of pictures on the way... At first travelling by boat, then by feet, attending World Press Photo exhibition, exhibition in the Red Light District (Of course I did go there :) , having lunch in Chinese restaurant and spending some time in the evening drinking wine with Turkish delights at Stas's place. Finishing the day in Australian 'COCOS' bar that turned out to be a real BLAST!

On Sunday Mashik and me went to Rotterdam to take part in a Charity event 'Walk the World' - a worldwide charity walk to raise awareness of child hunger and to collect as much money as possible for the UN World Food Programme’s School Feeding Programme. Feels great to do something valuable that will give others a chance to live their life in a better way and enjoy it at least a bit more...

First part of Monday spending in Gaaga, enjoying amazing (!!!) Madurodam and having a fabulous lunch by the sea....Mmmmmm....

And in the evening... Gosh, my hands start shaking every time I think about it... attending the World Tour concert of Celine Dion... Making my life-dream coming true... (more about it in the next post).

And Tuesday spending in Amsterdam going to the museum of Van Gough and making last memories of the trip as walking in the center on my own...

First time I've been to Amsterdam in 2006 (IPM meeting) but haven't seen pretty much anything in spite of conference building walls... This time, I've finally got that Orange feeling :)

More evidence of my Orange vacation can be found here:


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P.S. It feels incredibly inspiring to being able to fulfill your dreams!!! There are so many of them coming true lately... Seems that this year is much more than just experiencing what it likes to be a Trainee... It is definitely much more than that... the year of a GREATEST REWARD!