Domaine de la Chartreuse Liège

... 8364;2700 upfront payment the hospital wanted, the hospital was very good to me, and I have been able to recover somewhat. I still have some pain, but the pain from the 3 holes sewn up in my stomach is actually worse than anything else now, so I take that as a good sign. Actually, the doctor had the nerve this morning to suggest that perhaps I have a low pain threshold, because I gave a yell when she deliberately poked me in the middle of one of the stitches, so that didn't help ...

During our stay in Spa we had the most scary, horrible, unpleasant experience ever in a restaurant.<br><br>The restaurant to avoid is "Le Bouchon Gourmand", the owner does not hesitate to insult customers, lock them into the restaurant if there is a dispute on the bill, and claim more money than is due. <br><br>See more on www.bouchon-gourmand.blogspot.com

... and she clicked a couple things on the computer. (That's how it has been the whole time here, I go places and people just click things on computers: at the realtor, electric company, and opening my damage deposit account. At least when I opened my bank account the guy turned the screen towards me so I could see what he was clicking.) The lady also made a copy of my lease. When I was waiting I got a cup of water from a dispenser in the lobby ...

... use my fingers to eat wings, but other than that, very delicious.<br><br>Tomorrow I have to:<br><br>1. get up and go get my apartment looked at by the rental agency to make sure of the apartment's condition so they can ensure that the room is returned in the same condition<br>2. go to the electric company and sign up so I can have power at my new place<br>3. go to the bank and finalize my damage ...

... They told us we were at the highest point in Belgium, which was somewhere in the Nature Park.<br><br>We decided to call it a day for the roadbook, and make a detour to just get into Luxembourg for fuel, and to make sure we 'did' all the countries.<br><br>Looking back that detour cost us some time, but did mean we visited Luxembourg, even if it was too dark to see it.<br>

... on.<br><br>We stopped at one point, because the roadbook wasn't very clear, at which point Gaz and Charlotte came up behind us. They had been left behind by the V8s, as they were in a Series vehicle, so we said we'd stick with them.<br>At this point, Kieran noticed a strange noise from our engine, which was duly investigated by James. It was diagnosed as the fan belt tensioning pulley. But we didn't do anything about it at the time.<br>

... partially funded by the European Union I deciphered from the French inscription, verifying that this saucer fell to Liege courtesy of the EU's transportation initiatives budget along with miles of roads we drove on in Ireland and a patchwork of rail and road improvements across the continent. Eli and I navigated our way through a collection of generic warehouses and offices to a park along Liege's equally generic main boulevard where we stopped to admire yet ...

... but then again that could just be my britishness coming out! (If anyone reading this is wondering why he was kissing me, in Belgium it's completely normal to kiss someone on the cheek as a greeting, he was NOT cheating on his girlfriend!) The journey back was somewhat tearful, we all knew we were going to miss our partners, but it was also one of the girls' birthdays. So another who had been doing her work ex in a bakery had managed to get hold of the most amazing ...

... a msg from the belgiums saying have a nice trip. So i assumed they werent going the wait the 2 hours it would take me to get to bruge. Stuff them i thought. I will go to brussels. It was getting late and the only trains to anywhere were really only to brussels. Not my fault i got given a ticket to liege. I got to brussells, found and found an internet cafe at 8pm.

... Belgium&#8217;s two greatest commodities. After we picked our lunch items from the one-third of the supermarket aisles dedicated to groceries, Amber got side-tracked admiring the second third of the aisles, all dedicated to chocolate, while I went AWOL in the last third of the supermarket, eyeing off all the shelves stocked with beer. <br><br>We cycled back the way we came to return once again to The Netherlands ...