Ibis Centre Opera Liège

... even though this seems too good to be true)

From the electric company (STAWAG) I got out my handy dandy map and notebook with addresses to the mattress companies (aunt lena, I use that little red notebook every day). I got on the bus a rode to the mattress company, it was right on a corner, couldn't miss it. I went in and the sales dude showed me a couple different mattresses, all around 100 euro. I saw on the webiste that I could ...

Hi all,

Had a pretty lazy Sunday. I know that tomorrow is going to be very busy so I just wanted to relax today. Had apple strudel ala mode for lunch, haha. Then we had a turkish dish for dinner. It was chicken wings and sliced potatoes on a pan lightly smothered in tomato sauce with lots of spices and garlic. It was pretty good! I just dont like the skin or fat on chicken, and I dont like ...

... They told us we were at the highest point in Belgium, which was somewhere in the Nature Park.

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.

Looking back that detour cost us some time, but did mean we visited Luxembourg, even if it was too dark to see it.

... on.

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.
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.

... Markus are going to a friend's house for dinner, so I am going to through a raging party here. HAHA. Not really, who would I even invite? Guess I could go get some people off the street and bring them up, doesn't that sound like fun? :/

Actually tonight at St. Elisabeth there is an organ/sax concert that I read about in the paper, and I was planning on going to that. Sounds like it could be interesting. I ...

... and a little kitchenette in the corner. There is also lots of floor space in case anyone wants to come visit me! J (haha Then we would of course purchase a nice mattress and some blankets, would still be cheaper than a hotel room.)

After school today I am supposed to call the rental agency. I think I will just go there and talk to them and hopefully pick up the key. I am nervous about moving out of Nil’s house ...

... that now boasted a spectacular view of Liege and the surrounding valley. Now fully soaked, we found our way across the city to another tourist office for dry comfort and our snack lunch. After achieving a dryness that remained largely psychological, we pointed ourselves towards the aquarium since both the zoo and mountain top cathedral we had aspired to see were closed. Liege's institute of zoology housed a bizarrely amateur museum and aquarium, with exhibition ...

... shopping spent the day with louise and erin. sat night- went out to a random christmas party in some tent that had a folk band playing so that was really cool.. then went back to erins friends house and played games , celebrity heads and jounior pictionary.. in french, that was interesting but somehow we were able to understand eachother he he, and I think I even learnt some random french words, which may (or may not!) be of use in the future

We 'trundled down past Maastricht towards Germany. The deviations were big ones but we still were able to make good time! The scenery was worth the deviations though. We past by some wonderful little towns and river gorges. Very nice bit of countryside. Will have to return there sometime, God willing!

... cafés de Liège (hum), Damien a finalement trouvé LE café qu'il nous fallait : le building, à deux pas chez nous. La soirée s'est super bien passée, on a beaucoup discuté, profité des bonnes tournées (avec modération bien sûr) et on s'est finalement retrouvés les seuls dans le café (le serveur a gardé le café ouvert juste pour ...