Hotel Simenon Liège

... which also showed nothing, and blood and urine tests which showed a small infection somewhere. I then had to drink special fluid, which I spent 2 hours drinking only to promptly vomit it back up, in order to have contrast dye put through my stomach and another CT scan. When this showed nothing, the doctors decided that maybe I had a lung embollism from so much flying, and ordered another CT with contrast dye, this time of my lungs, as well as an ECG to make sure my heart was OK ...

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

... one for 50 Euro, so I was a little suspicious of this price. So I decided to go to the other mattress place...across town. Got on a couple different buses and eventually made it there. These mattresses were the same price, and big slabs of foam with a covering. I felt a little uncertain about spending 100 euro on a big foam slab, so when the lady was talking to some other customers I slipped out. Soooo back to the first store. The salesguy ...

... account<br>4 THEN go to school and teach a class completely by myself about utopian society <br>5. then come back and look for a mattress<br>6. call Nil when I find a mattress so she can help me move it in<br>7. come back here and pack up my stuff and take some it to the new place.<br><br>sometime gotta find time to<br><br>1. get signed up for internet so I can write to you all at my new ...

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 ...

... 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>

... and everything.<br><br>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.<br><br>Pics of the new apartment will be up soon.<br><br>Tonight Nil ...

... of the french - not a good start! The train from Bruges to Liège was a fairly uneventful flurry of marking essays for our teacher, and the rest of us trying to convince her to wear a red nose (it was red nose day, we did have an excuse, honest!) Our host families met us at the train station in Liège and took us to out host school where we spent the rest of the day at our partners' lessons. That evening a few of us went back to school for a talent competition ...

... ballade jusqu'à la place du Marché. Elle parait si ancienne que je me sens presque transportée au Moyen-Âge. Je me sens si près de l'histoire en explorant des anciennes villes européennes que j'ai parfois l'impression de voyager dans le temps. Mes yeux se lèvent vers le Perron, une fontaine impressionnante datant du Moyen-Âge. Je peux presque voir des gens du Moyen Âge se déplaceant autour du monument pour se rendre au ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>The slight morning drizzle did not hamper us from exploring the centre of Maastricht, and it felt nice to be amongst the local goings-on in the busy market square. But, although we were enjoying being in the midst of life on the other side of the world from where we were born and raised, Amber and I soon got a surprise reminder of home. In a park on ...