Summary DVA1A+B

Relation Speakers: Collegues

List of Topics:  Traffic offences, motorcycle, cycling holiday, the river Elbe in Germany, Polynesia, Singapore, retirement, Asia, Vietnam, scary animals, ex-boyfriend pharmacist, Gaasterland Friesland, living remote, house on Formentera

Summary:  2 Speakers (F62A and F30B)

F62A begins the conversation by describing her confrontation with the
police, also describes earlier traffic offences  and the advantages of a
motorcycle. F30B tells about her plans for a cycling holiday, doubted to
go to Sweden or the Elbe in Germany. Sweden became too expensive so they
want to go to the river Elbe in Germany. F62A says she had a boyfriend
who lived along the Elbe, and the speakers talk about the scenery of
Hamburg. 

F62A begins about going to Polynesia, that she has the opportunity to go
everywhere she wants to when she retires in one month time. F62A once
went to Singapore, wished she had her bike with her. F30B says she is
scared to go to Asia because of scary animals. She tells about a friend
who went to Vietnam. She had a food poisoning and a big spider on her
shoulder. F30B spent five months in New Zealand. F62A went to an island
when she was in Singapore, she was there with a group. They talk about
the scary animals again. F30B mentions she wants go to an island with a
heavenly scenery but F62A shares her experiences with her. This reminds
F30B of an ex-boyfriend who was a pharmacist. He was offered a job in
the Seychellen but he decided to go to Nottingham. She does not
understand this. The speakers agree that they never want to live in a
warm country. F62A once went to Gaasterland Friesland, where there was a
beautiful scenery but she never wants to live there. F30B thinks that
people who live remote need to plan everything ahead and that they form
a close community. F62A has a friend with whom she wanted to buy a house
on Formentera. F62A explains that they do not want to anymore, life in
Amsterdam is good. F30B says that she thinks that F62A is a person who
feels more comfortable in the city. F62A agrees.