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Belgian Chocolate Galore
... was excellent. From there, we decided we needed some grease to absorb all the sugar, so we went to Fritland (fried land) for a giant cone of French fries covered in spicy mayonnaise sauce and a fried chicken sausage on the side. We then proceeded to get lost for two hours when trying to get home (which was maybe 20 min by train), but we eventually made it, packed, and prepared to move on to the next town. Your Stuffed-Full-of-"Goodness" Adventurers, Katherine and ...
Giving Sprouts a Bad Name...
In the sort of manoevre that would give Judith Chalmers and Alan Wicker cause to shake their heads with dismay, 19 January almost became a disasterous day for our short Euro trip. I tend to find travelling more enjoyable when only limited planning is done as it is in adversity that one creates memories. This is all well and good when flying solo but when responsible for two, this may not be the way to go. This conclusion is more abvious when that other has got ...
Indifferent Capital of the EU
... a quick rest. We'd ridden about 50 miles so far, and I was tiring. We were entering the hills in Belgium. More interesting to cycle, but also more fatiguing. It was getting quite steamy out, so a brief rain shower was a welcome relief from the muggy weather. We finally reached the outskirts of Brussels and had to make our way through the clogged and congested streets into the center of the city.
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Chilling in Brussels
... of this weekend was awful, the city was lovely. I'm going to Rome next weekend, so I'm super excited about that. Need to study more this week, since I didn't get much done this weekend. Hopefully no more long distance trains for me. I'm sick of them.
Update: My friend who lives in Cologne says there was a lighting strike at one of the main stations in Cologne and the trains were held up for three hours in some cases. They weren't saying what was going on.
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Never eating chocolate again. ever.
... that were the size of small children around. The museum was a Lindt museum and it went from the production of cacao pods all the way through production and manufacturing. There was also a lot about the history of chocolate, which is what we are learning in class so that was a lot of what we were focusing on. The chocolate museum took a few hours to walk through and ended up being pretty cool. After we left the museum, our entire class was going to take a tour of the Cologne ...