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Hi pencilnpaper friends,

Thank you for taking the journey with me over to Balkan Barbie! Enjoy. More posting later today.

xoxo

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Anonymous said…
Hi Ka!

Fancy that! You have your own blog! hehe. I will be sending you some photos of my brand new apartment. It's getting really nice.

See you around,

Gabi
May 5, 2008 at 12:29 PM
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