....My advice to start: don't import your private key yet, as long as it's on paper, it's safe. Check your public address (the one starting with a 1, and most likely 34 characters long) on a block explorer such as
https://blockchain.info/. Just enter it in the search field.
Don't enter your (longer) private key by mistake!Thanks LoyceV, I took your advice and just checked the balance. And I was pleasantly surprised. No I am not a millionaire but a few thousand dollar was much more than I had expected. Looking at the value it had in 2011 (it turned out to be later then I remembered) I must have spent most of it back then except for a few dollars, maybe even less than one dollar. I contacted the friend I remember sending some, to get him into bitcoin, be he sold his years ago. And now regrets it of course. Since I have a low income and money is very tight at the moment I am tempted to sell them but I may regret that later.
What do you guys think: hold on to them a bit longer and see what happens? Since I invested only a few dollars back then there is not much risk in keeping them and see what happens in the future. What would you do in my position?
congratulation to you, love to see get everything back again! Maybe share your story to help another people learn from this experience