Hotel Landgoed Schoutenhof Epen

... and filling our heads with fairy tales. We then headed back to Emil's pretty great student apartment, before heading out for a Greek dinner (Emil, Claus and I) and then to a pub for some pretty good Danish beer. We were joined later by Claus's lovely girlfriend, Louisa, and her friend, Charlotte. It was a great evening with great company, and for those who may be wondering, both Claus and Emil are in fine form and doing very well. Odense is a pretty city, and despite the huge ...

... we were picked up by Peter, Ingeborg and Maud.When we arrived at their home in Boukoul, Hugo and Twan were playing the ps3 so before longI had joined them and we had already settled in. Ingeborg's brother Renee also popped byto say hi.<br>Dinner was a homemade lasagne, and although there was plenty I think we polished it all off. After dinner we went across the street to meet Sef and Trees (Grandma's sister) for the first time, after receiving many birthday ...

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

... take me so we can move the mattress in. I am probably going to have to move the rest of my stuff with the bus tomorrow, but it should be ok. I only have class until 1pm, so I will have the rest of the afternoon free. Tomorrow I need to figure out internet for the new place, move in, and hang up my proofreading flyers.<br><br>When I left this morning, I knew that I had tons of stuff to do, and I also just knew that none of it would work ...

... ideas about what to change about the world as a class. Tomorrow we will work individually and the students will begin writing their chapters.<br><br>I actually wasn't nervous today, even though it was my first time teaching alone here. I think my experience with student teaching really helps this. I can't imagine having no teaching experience and getting up there by myself. I would be like a deer in headlights!<br><br>Was busy this ...

After popping into and out of Germany, we were now back in Belgium. It was beginning to get a bit dark, and we still had at least 200 miles left to drive.<br><br>Gaz's motor was struggling, and threatening to overheat, so we stopped to let it cool down.<br><br>With the vehicles all decorated with stickers, we attracted a bit of attention, and a Belgian couple took our ...

Once in Elsloo, we stopped to find postcards (having completely missed the observations again), only to find that the only card shop was closed that afternoon.<br><br>Up the road a bit, and Kieran was dropping a card into the door of a Landy enthusiast they had met on the recce. The guy turned up at that moment, and so we were invited in for a refreshing cold drink. The Landyprikkers overtook us at that point, and went on their way. We then ...

... my beer and chatted with the couple who owned the bar and a few locals. After about ten minutes, a man came into the bar and demanded, in rapid french, directions to the nearest main road. To my surprise, the man I´d been talking to in german replied in fluent french. I thought it strange that a french tourist would walk into a bar in Germany and assume that they would be understood. I said as much. ´Ah!´ replied the landlord, ´but we are in Belgium. Germany is ...

... to all that Dutch colonial imperialism in the then Dutch East Indies a few centuries ago, spotting Indonesian restuarants in the Netherlands was about as difficult as spotting druggies at a rave party. And if this particular restuarant is indicative of the others then finding a superb meal is no more difficult &#8211; even though the Dutch menu didn&#8217;t give us too many hints on exactly what we were choosing.

... wanted us to stay in another stadium for the italian party, but we gave us a little pause and we came to Aachen (Aquisgrane), 80 km far from Cologne and ancient capitol of the Holy Roman Empire. Aachen was still a few more than a village and I liked it. I ever imagined the medieval days of this capitol, and the gothic styled churches contributed ...