Etap Hotel Brussels Airport Diegem

Every two years, the weather man declared, there are strong gales in the south of England, the type that disrupt train services, housewives lose their laundry drying on the line, umbrellas get blown inside out - and even trees are blown down. This was the day that we chose to fly to England. It's OK, the gales will die down sometime in the afternoon, said the same weather man, but not after we've flown over to ...

... head home as we had planned an early-ish morning the next day, we were going to rent a car (booked online) and drive out to Bruges. So we got up and went off to the Europcar place...and...it was not open...now, cutting a LONG, frustrating story short, we didn't end up getting a car, because it was Sunday, and nothing was open! So after a miserable and annoying morning, we went back to the hotel, had a little nap and then went back ...

... without the alcohol. They jam a glass full of fresh mint leaves and pour boiling water into it...very simple. Some cafés add a pod of tea to it. But really, we just like the mint part. Yes, we are easy to please. For dinner, I had my heart set on going to Le Paon Royal. I'm not sure what kind of food they serve, but the guide book said that "Vasco the family dog will welcome you with or without a reservation." Seriously, what an ...

... being orchestrated - we were all about it, especially Tiffany being a film major. But first we wanted to walk by a fountain where the stream comes out of the child´s twig and berries it is the most advertised monument of Brussels. There are bells and paper weights made of this naked child and postcards too, silly. When we went to the corner where this fountain was, there were many people surrounding it snapping photos - anticipating some BIG masterpiece, we find out it is a ...

... to the station manager.He was a nice old gentleman who was very understanding.He even walked to his station booth to get me some water because i was so dehydrauted and still shaking from the panic attack. Then the police came,all 4 of them, like i was some kind of a big terrorist or something.I gave them my passport and they took my details. When they realized that i'm just a regular fellow who wanted to go home with the tickets he had ...

... stuff at the bakkery and work on some final post on HC forum and having a look at my 'to-do' list before going to shave and prepare myself. Then Steven (CS: Stoemp) called that he was arrived in town, so I hurried and went to welcome him at Schuman and we came back to Achim. I introduced them to each other... and went to finish preparing myself fast. Then we talked a bit and went outside for a walk and finally to join Nei (HC: nbrazilian) and Stefano (HC: sty79) who arrived ...

... good friends with (along with the rest of the staff), offered me a job for the remaining month that I will be in Europe. Under different circumstances I would have really considered taking it, but I've already booked flights & hotels for my upcoming travels, so I had to decline. I'm really not looking forward to saying goodbye to this place. I hope that everyone enjoyed their weekend~ Back to work I go...

... sun. De eerste drie weken ga ik met Steven van Hong Kong naar Peking. De laatste drie weken keer ik met zus Maaike, haar vriend David en bevriend koppel Fred en Lisa terug naar Hong Kong (via een andere route weliswaar) Op deze website zal je het verslag kunnen volgen van zes weken chinees avontuur. Enjoy !

... on the photo above to enlarge it. More details about these different places will be posted when we get there. And even more important : in a few days we will create a similar collage with the people we are hoping to meet. Because like a Lithuanian friend of mine used to say : "it's not about the places you visit, but about the people you meet".