Showbiz Olga Leyers (21) loves a challenge. After ‘The Smartest Man’ and ‘Boxing Stars’ was the youngest daughter of singer Jan Leyers on holiday with seniors for “Around The World” with 80-year-olds’. Once at home waiting for her by the way a beautiful liefdescomeback…
travelling The world with a group of very old people: many would be friendly to thank. Olga Leyers not, on the contrary! For the new VTM programme ‘Around The World with 80-year-olds’ visited, the youngest daughter of singer Jan Leyers together with Sieg De Doncker and eight brave oldsters eight countries in four continents. The American Dallas on Tokyo to India. And all of that in five weeks time. “Not only for the seniors, it was the journey of their lives, for me it was also one of the funniest and craziest things I’ve ever done,” says Olga.
Should we have wild, adventurous states to propose?
“No, that would be irresponsible to have been with this group. The old people were really serious about being pampered. They flew in business class and got a wheelchair at the airport if that was necessary. It traveled even a doctor. Though that was mainly as a precaution, because on some intestinal upset after nobody’s been sick.”
Tiring for sure, such a trip with the elderly?
“Actually, you can compare it with a scouts camp. You live in a kind of bubble and is not silent. Even though the feeling sometimes that fatigue. In Iceland said the cameraman even that I have my eyes more open, because otherwise you saw my puffiness many (laughs) .”
were so short nights.
“I was particularly troubled by the jetlags. In Bangkok, I could not sleep and so I decided to at five o’clock in the morning, a few hours before the departure to the airport, a walk through the city. Unfortunately, I have no ease of orientation and I ran completely lost. I knew the name of the hotel, but I found it but it is not. And the population speaks barely any English, so I had little to. In the meantime, I saw the time ticking away.”
Were you in a panic?
“I was afraid really that I my flight to the next destination would be missing. In the middle of the street burst I into tears. Finally, I have taken a taxi to the airport and I was just in time for the flight.”
reportedly went behind the scenes very nice.
“As the filming came, we drank often have something on the terrace of the hotel. When our doctor in Dubai in the evening when everyone in the room went to have a look, he found René and Vital. They were nice to pintelieren (laughs) . In Mexico dared Elise to now tequila. She even has salt from the neck of the doctor licked. Those are all things that you do not see on the screen. Perhaps fortunately, but (laughs) .”
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