Ibis Gare Charleroi

... honey and vanilla. Yum!

The next morning, we started our walking tour of Brussels. We first went to church right down the street from our hostel, then walked to the main plaza. It had several gorgeous buildings including the Town Hall and what is now the national museum. We went into the museum, and after spending about 15 minutes trying to fit all of our hiking backpacks into too-small lockers, and like the architecture students that we are, we were ...

... we (I) planned out our itinerary for the next day.

This weekend taught me that traveling is actually pretty tiring, walking is a great excuse for eating as much chocolate and waffles as possible, and I should probably get a bigger memory card for my camera. I split this trip into this intro, then our day trip to Bruges on Saturday, and our time sightseeing in Brussels as separate entries...so read on!

... of 1918, when the Germans who had knocked Russia out of the war, brought the soldiers that had been on the Eastern Front to the West to make a concerted push on Paris. Chateau Thierry is only about 50 miles from Paris, which shows how close the Germans came to taking the French capital. Just outside Chateau Thierry is a small forested area called Bois de Belleau, or Belleau Wood. As the Allies were reeling from the offensive, they ...

... for several years how we might improve relations and perhaps find a way to work together. Since the death of his father-in-law, Jean Carion, earlier this year, we have been more actively pursuing the improvement of our relations. Bernard has known Rees since the early 1980s, but they hadn't seen each other since the mid-90s. It was a happy reunion. We had dinner and continued our discussions ...

... at Bastogne in Belgium. Turning off the highway at St. Avold to drive toward the homes of the people I would visit, I drove past the US American Military cemetery in that city. 10,489 soldiers are buried there; it is the largest US military cemetery in Europe. We had a congregation here in this city for a while as well, and I visited the cemetery several times when I lived in Alsace. Battlefields from at least thee wars, accounting for more than a million ...

... beef dish with steamed broccoli...mmm! DAY #3: Wednesday March 14, 2007: I had school until noon and then Rob once again being very adventurous decided he was going to meet me at the gym. This time when we went to buy him another 17 euro day pass, the guy who I usually see working there and talk to was there this time. he told us it was really expensive and in the future we should just buy a full membership and then ask for ...

... win of yet another American. Although I am giving Landis the benefit of the doubt (more tests results should be in soon to confirm or deny his "positive" test), I think it is a total sham that they "leaked" this information to the media before conclusive tests could be run - Either way, guilty or not guilty, it is a CHEAP shot to make a premature announcement. I'm standing by Mr ...

... my travel mood with the look forward to be on the road and also his attitude from the event without forgetting all the lost money. I received a good support from Leen about that! And of course he wanted to hang around in Charleroi... what the... I just wanted to go lie down at home and think. Of course I endure his bad overfast driving thinking we could crash any moment and his teenager attitude when driving the citadelle of Namur ...

... but this time in Belgium. You're always welcome. 18. Ingrid (Miech) : Thanks for being there Ingrid, I had a great time and even if you are not the best navigator, we almost never got lost and only once did we get stuck in the sand...;-) Thanks for sharing this trip with me, it was very emotional and not really relaxing, but I think everybody should do a trip like this once in their live. I'm glad I did it with you

... op kampen te gaan hadden we het alle twee nog steeds niet geleerd om onze ouders een kaartje te sturen vanuit onze bestemming. 7 uur we gingen zelf inchecken en jaja 5 minuten later zaten we op die vlieger. VENETIE HERE WE COME !! Plaatsen zoeke was nog even een probleem maar de vriendelijke hostess zorgde direct voor een plaatsje voor de 2 jonge gasten. Prachtig uitzicht over de steden in het donker, alles is zeer duidelijk te zien vanwege ons geweldige lichtensysteem.