In Belgium for the last few hours. It gives me a weird feeling to leave this place for six weeks, but I am excited to live a new experience in the People's Republic of China. The hardest part at this moment is to pack the luggage, making sure I'm not forgetting something essential. This does not compete with the emotional goodbyes that still lay ahead of me though... First of all, there is my sweet Border Collie, Bieke. I will foremost miss her cute look and her willingness to play every minute of the day. I will also miss her jumping on my lap, wanting to get hugged.
Second, there is my father who always tries to do his best to take care of me. I admire his strength to cope with everything that he does in the house after losing his wife, my mother, to a very severe kind of cancer. It is him who I have to thank for having this marvellous experience in China again. I hope to make him proud with this journey as well as last year. Whatever happens, I love him. Last but not least, I will also have to say goodbye to my wonderful Italian girlfriend, Sharon. From the moment I met her last year, it was love at first sight and the butterflies kept flying inside of me, from top to toe. I regret that this year we will not be able to spend July together... her presence would have made the trip a lot more exciting and fun. But yet she will not be forgotten in China. I will think about her every minute of the day in everything I am going to do. That's why I also would like to dedicate this journey to our very honest relation. Thanks to her, I got over the death of my mother and now she takes one of the most important places in my life. She is the one I can rely to when I am not feeling one hundred percent.
Sharon, amore, ti amo tanto... sei una ragazza meravigliosa, non voglio perderti mai. Tu sei molto importante per me. Sei nella mia vita e sono mooooooolto contento per questo.Un bacio grande dalla raggaza della sogni miei.
Now I have to return to packing my luggage. This message was a dedication to the people and dog that mean the world to me. Without them, my recent life would have been a lot more miserable.
