Campanile Antwerp

... UK!<br><br>Brussels airport is emptier than I have ever seen it in my life. There are no more than 10 flights for the rest of the day. Eric and I are alone in the airport lounge, save for a couple of elderly people and their miniature poodle, which is snacking on a croissant. <br><br>We are waiting for our flight - it is delayed by half an hour as I write this. That's just fine, in fact, it can be delayed until ...

Just a quick update today as breakfast isn't too far away. Today we leave the Netherlands and head into Begium to Antwerp...a shorter day on the bike as we will get the guided tour around the streets. One of the guides is an expert on historical architecture and has lots of explanations and stories. Sometimes the brain is too bike weary to take it in.<br>Yesterday rode 42 ...

... was a small "Markt" with many green grocers selling their veggies- We happened upon a fellow selling Spargel (Schpargel in German) or plain old asparagus in English- See the picture of the "penical size" weed ...

... stuff exists around Brussels, but in all honesty I was more interested in finding a pub that could supply me with shitloads of Belgium beer. That proved difficult. Most pubs were small and only had a few beers on tap - there are more beers available in the Brisbane Belgium Bar (and just quietly as much as we ***** about the prices, they may be a little cheaper!). We finally found one place that looked the business and sat down ...

Pioneers drop two games to first place Mercsum Royal Greys! Yea... so last weekend had to be the most frustrating weekend of baseball I've had since I've been here. We lost the first game at there place because none of us could hit this guys curveball. Naturally, since we couldn't hit it, that's all he threw! I was 0'fer with two K's. He really made me look like a pitcher trying to hit, it was kind of embarrassing. Kenny ...

... french, thats hott right? So i found a girl that speaks french, but little english. And i made a deal with her, i teach her english, if she teaches me french. I think i' doing pretty well for my third day. Last night i was starting to get bored with brussles and was thinking of moving on. Yeah right. Two nights ago about 15 girls from finland came to the hostel. Maybe i ...

... Restuarants=jail...Court and I went out for lunch...ate all of our food, and after we'd already been there for close to 2 hours, asked for the bill. Our server says: "no, we're not ready for you to leave yet." Then, his little sidekick brings us 2 more beers and says "these are on the house"....riiiiiiiiiiiight. So evidently, they thought they could make us into their free advertisment and entice ...

... not many antiquities ( I was looking for old jewels), more on a walkthru of how a Diamond is carved & final result is obtained. Then we boarded the tram for the first time & went to a Nouveau Art quartier, Nurembourg I think.., which supposedly had some unique houses with the Nouveau art architecture. Took a stroll there, but it was very quiet. Towards the end we saw a small group of tourists too, finally. We took the ...

... with zig-zags tops once again and many cafes to add to the mistique of the place. Once we got back to the hotel, we took turns sitting on the window ledge while staring at the beautiful churches gonging in the distance. That sound will forever remind me of this trip and Europe as there are so many amazing churches here and so much history. August 28, 2004 - Speaking of churches, we went to one today called "The Church of our Lady". It is the most ...

... It was easy to tell which market was geographically closer to France. We are much bigger fans of the Belgian market. Plus, there were tons of really cute dogs with sissy sweaters (like Chloe's) at the Belgian market. Aside from the jams Julie bought, she also found a really cool 1950's kitch serving piece. It's really nice and I'm sure Crate and Barrel will be offering knock-offs shortly so stay tuned. After the market, we headed back to La Roche. We drove down a very dark 2-lane ...