Chateau Saint Jean Mons

... Justice and finally swung back towards the train station. Overall, I'd have to say that Brussels was actually not as cool as Bruges – I mean, it was still awesome to be there, don't get me wrong, but Bruges seemed so much more consistently attractive. Brussels had pockets of historic buildings and cute streets, but there were some parts that were definitely not as nice (including a red light district that we accidentally discovered one night walking ...

... 8211; the VanAcker homeland!

We navigated to our hostel, which we realized wasn’t really that far away. We were located on a nice street, with a great view of a church, and about a 15 minute walk from the main food district. Plus, we did have a reservation after all – things were working out! Since it was already late after dinner, we just went back to the hostel to get settled in ...

... and protesting our return. On the other hand, it will be nice not to be in some form of transportation. Three weeks of car, trams, trains, planes and walking have worn us out. Thank you to family and friends who have made this trip so much fun and for all of you following our adventures. It's been the best trip of my life, thanks to Chris. Ciao Ya'll

... football.I told them how i ended up there and they too couldn't believe it.They also agreed that the DB (deutche bahn) is a ****** company and sympathized with me.They even gave me almost 20€ for having something to eat!! If you guys are reading this,contact me so i can thank you! Well,that was basically it. Sounded like a lame horror/comedy/action novel? Except it is 100% TRUE. I have all the travel documents to prove this,plus live ...

Its been over a month now since ive lived in Belgium. Ive written blog after blog on my travel experiences but none dedicated to the main reason I am over here...softball. So here it goes...Softball in Belgium. Throughout each week our team gathers at the Frameries Athletics Clubhouse, where our field is located, and we practice for 2hrs. Team practice is on Tuesday and Thursday, but I pitch on Mondays, Wednesdays, and sometimes ...

The Doudou is the name of a week-long series of festivies, which originates from the 14th century and takes place every year on Trinity Sunday. Highlights include: The entrusting of the reliquary of Saint Waltrude to the mayor of the city on the eve of the procession. The placement of the reliquary on the Car d'Or (golden carriage), before it is carried in the city streets in a colourful procession that counts more than a thousand costumed participants ...

1:21AM in Frameries, Belgium. Its been over a week since ive arrived in Europe and im finally deciding to give this blog a try. Just so i dont confuse anyone let me start at the beginning... Last October I contacted and commited to an offer to play softball in Belgium for four months. I would train and play with the team on the weekends and have time during the week to travel. Most everything would be taken care of money wise except for ...

... TOO MASCULINE...his face turned a shade of red I have never seen before. he got all flustered and then I started speaking to him in french and he got even more flustered and embarrassed...which was all I wanted! Success...what an ass! After our shopping extravaganza, Rob and I met up with my two friends Becky and Lainie and we headed to the outskirts of Brussels to see the Atomium, the big atom like structure created for the Expo ...

... to pull us back a few hundred years. We got some chocolates, and a spot of tea in an old convent, and were off again, on our way home. The ride through windy english roads was not too good on our stomachs. But we held down our tea all the way back. P.S. We put up like 10 pictures tonight but its late so we will put up more later! P.P.S. We also jsut made a real entry about London, and put up more pictures. So check the entry before this. Cheerio!

... having breakie. That night we decided to do a quick tour of brussells and took in the Grand Place and the ******* Boy - who was very overrated, he's tinnny, not too exciting. We had traditional belgium beer stew (both K and I agreed it tasted like our mum's stews - go mums, you should be proud) and fries for dinner. I shall update about Brugge later, right now we're going on an evening walk around the city (no we haven't had enough walking yet).