Best Western Hotel Lido Mons

... where we got gooey, piping hot waffles from a van before continuing on to the gardens around the Palais Royale. There, my friends forced me to sit down for awhile, which isn’t a common thing on VanAcker vacations, but was a nice way to absorb the scenery. Our peaceful time was interrupted, however, by our shocking realization that stores might close early because it was Sunday…AND WE HAD NOT YET BOUGHT CHOCOLATE. All the time that we thought ...

... received a confirmation email. So did we even had a room? No one knew. The phone number didn't work, the address kept changing, and we were in trouble. Then we went to print out our bus tickets to Brussels, and the date and time were wrong. Oh dear. I wasn’t even angry/frustrated/terrified, I was just utterly bemused at this point. Anyway, we decided just to go to the train station and see what happened ...

Today we travel back to the states and I have to admit, I'm really going to miss Europe. We wake early to catch the train from Jurbise to Brussels airport where we will have just enough tim to make any adjustments in weight to our luggage. (They are really strict about checked bags being of a certain weight o/w it's $150 per overweight bag!) Poor Chris ...

Sooo.... I was supposed to have left for France... But I didn't. Honestly, I think too much rest is a bad thing. And I think I have been resting too much. Therefore, I really didn't feel like moving on... So I ...

... a lot better and my brains were functioning well again. I used 2€ from my royal budget for internet to find out about the possible flights to Helsinki. Only Lufthansa (another german company) was flying on that same day but it would have cost over 900€ (surprise).Thank god,there was a reasonable price for SAS flight to Helsinki via Copenhagen (160€) but it was 11.10am on a next day.I had to stay at the Köln airport for almost ...

... what there saying. Things that could be accomplished in 5 minutes usually take us the better part of the practice because the communication barrier is difficult. But what i can say is that we are 100 times better than the first day. Ive been forced to learn a lot of French, which i love and visa versa. The pitchers and catchers on this team are extremely talented, they just need to have someone give them the proper instruction ...

... with skimming everything because they do not eat enough to even have to worry about it. And eating out is a very rare occasion. At restaurants they dont have eight different types of sugar. Its just regular sugar and in a cube not a packet. Generally they cook their meals every night from scratch. Another difference which was big for me, they eat omelettes for lunch and dinner but never breakfast. Its not even available at a ...

... helpful. We were on the upper level far from the other clerk. Once Rob found what he wanted I saw this pair of mens shoes that I really like so I asked to try a pair on. We had to go downstairs to do this, and so I did and tried them on a debated about them and eventually decided to get them. When I went to pay the other clerk took care of us. As he was ringing us through he started laughing and joking with the other clerk in ...

... town of Bruge, also known as the "venice" of Belgium (because of its waterways). It was like nothing we had ever seen before. Cobble streets, old buildings, Foreign language (dutch), and lots and lots of bicycles. There were lot of chocolate shops (its famous for chocolate!!!) and clothes stores. Ashley enjoyed the belgian designer shops, as the clothes come with assurance that nobody in America will ever have the same shirt as her. We stopped ...

I just came back from my trip to Lithuania, and now I can quietly start contacting other Hospitality Club members from Tallinn. With some of these friends I will stay, others I will probably just meet for a drink or a walk through town. On this page I will keep an update about whom I ...