Jean De Boheme Durbuy

... whatever happens. He was a paratrooper in his youth and had a very hardy, can-do approach to life. He’s now about 80 years of age. He told me with a bit of a laugh in his voice, that “if it comes to that, I feel good enough to die.” They’ll receive a visit again in March, and then probably in July. Mr. François is already planning his magic act for the talent show at the next Feast of Tabernacles. He told me it’s all prepared already.

By this time ...

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

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 ...

We woke up in Aachen this morning and decided to drive through the back roads to Belgium and pay a visit to Bastonge, were thousands of soldiers as ell as civilians died during WWII's Battle of the Bulge. The only real reminders are a Sherman Tank sitting in the middle of town and and the memorial ...

... Eve arrived to pick me up and take me to her house, about 20 km away. She has 2 1/2 month old Selma whom she introduced to us and is a happy new mom.

Marie-Eve just married Sebastian last August and Selma came along 9 months later. She was another Innisfree volunteer, probably about 8 years ago, but I do lose track. After returning to Brussels from living in the US, M-E had the chance to convert her grandparents barn into her own home. Her parents were also ...

... our walking clothes on for a tour of the town. The hotel owner once again extended his assistance to us and let us keep our riding gear in a back room of the hotel lobby where we could get changed into our gear afterwards. We walked around Bernkastel for a few hours and took in the sights of this cool little town with its small and crooked buildings and of course couldn’t leave town without a ...

... was his headquarters in Bastogne. He lived in the basement of a long, red brick building just 2-3 blocks from the center of town. We dedicated the plaque and then had the opportunity to head down to the basement. I will let the few pictures I have tell the story of the basement. Displayed in the basement were 3 rooms, one was decorated as McAuliffe's operation room, the second was communications and the third was to the veterans that have visited there. Mostly original ...

****.

Another turning point;
a fork stuck in the road.

Time grabs you by the wrist;
directs you where to go.

So make the best of this test
and don't ask why.

It's not a question
but a lesson learned in time.

It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs
and still frames in your mind.

Hang it on a shelf
In good ...

... I was going to the supermarket around the corner to buy ingredients for the lasange to the host sis). All that in an attempt to be nice. Spent 15 euros making the lasagne, and another 20 on the chocolate presents. To all those who say life isn't expensive here, how do you justify that? And, in addition, I bought home brand goods!! At least the lasagne went down well that night... Jeudi: Went to supermarket to buy that block of chocolate for Sonia, wrapped their ...

... a nevyuzil ji. Takze najednou je spousta volnych pokoju. Jdu do kancelare a povidam zodpovedne zene - vcera jsem se byla kouknout v KAP Amasis a nevim, jestli by me treba nevzali, je mozne to nejak zaridit, abyste mi dali pokoj v pripade, ze by mi to s nimi nevyslo? Ne, neni, musim se rozhodnout hned. Ok, tak ja zavolam tomu devceti z Amasis a zeptam se, date mi minutu? Dala. Tak volam Marii, ktera vede Amasis (shoda jmen, s prvni Marii nema co delat). Nebere telefon. No, lepsi ...