Hotel Le Pierre Spa

... Inside there was a Coffee shop bar that sold the usual range of drinks as well as papers,lighters etc. The 'exotic wares' were dispensed through cashier style windows at the back of the shop, screens above the windows showed what types of weed/hash are available and giving their price per gram, I picked up a gram of 'Pollen Gold' hash (Pollen has always been my favourite) and then got a coffee and mineral water and headed through to the ...

... blah then I was, trust me) today's was Maastricht, I mentioned yesterday that I would be going to Belgium, and this is true but I will still be returning to the Netherlands for the night to continue south through Belgium tomorrow.
There have been a few other changes to the plan in my head: I am, at this point, fairly certain that I will NOT be able to cross over into the Rhone valley before the end of December. This would mean I would be cycling around towns ...

During our stay in Spa we had the most scary, horrible, unpleasant experience ever in a restaurant.

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.

See more on www.bouchon-gourmand.blogspot.com

I. Am. Tired.

But, I got all of my goals accomplished today, so I am also very happy!!

After my successful lesson at school I took the bus back to Aachen. I got off a couple stops short of home to stop by the electric company. It was surprisingly easy. I brought in the paper the guy gave me this morning when he looked at my apartment. The paper has the number of my electrical meter on it. I told the lady that I wanted to turn it ...

... use my fingers to eat wings, but other than that, very delicious.

Tomorrow I have to:

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
2. go to the electric company and sign up so I can have power at my new place
3. go to the bank and finalize my damage ...

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.

Gaz's motor was struggling, and threatening to overheat, so we stopped to let it cool down.

With the vehicles all decorated with stickers, we attracted a bit of attention, and a Belgian couple took our ...

... and everything.

Then today I picked up my key for the new place. Not sure when I am going to move in, yet. The apartment is furnished with a bed and closet and everything, but it doesn't have a mattress. I don't want to move my stuff in there until I can sleep there, too. I will have to buy a mattress soon, about 50 Euros should do it.

Pics of the new apartment will be up soon.

Tonight Nil ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)
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Surprisingly for a city that has presided over the emergence of the world's richest and most powerful economic union for 50 years, Brussels as the capital of Europe is more of an old hound snoozing by the fire than an obvious pulse point of the future. Arriving, you may even be surprised by the patchy, exhausting looking urban landscape of the city, which is also the capital of Belgium and a major European business ...