Le Cygne d'Argent Liège

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

Once in Elsloo, we stopped to find postcards (having completely missed the observations again), only to find that the only card shop was closed that afternoon.

Up the road a bit, and Kieran was dropping a card into the door of a Landy enthusiast they had met on the recce. The guy turned up at that moment, and so we were invited in for a refreshing cold drink. The Landyprikkers overtook us at that point, and went on their way. We then ...

... hope its free to get in! haha

Just fixed a pizza for dinner and watched Nil make a "birthday cake" for her friend. It was nothing like we would consider a birthday cake; it had mandaran oranges and crust and was all creamy. It looked delicious, nonetheless. I hope they bring a piece back for me!

Well gonna get ready for the church outing. Hope everything is going well for everyone back in the states!

... then I will really not know anyone, but it will come soon enough (only my 12th day).

So now I am at school. Things are much different here. The teachers don’t have their own classrooms, they move around like the students do in the US. Sometimes you will see a teacher will a cart with all of her/his materials, or they will just be carrying them. I was supposed to see an English class, but they were taking a test ...

... posted in an odd combination of languages. I usually associate tractor parades with county fairs in rural America but Liege boasted quite the fleet of heavy farm equipment, driven by farmers angry at the latest round of CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) discussions. Luckily for them, the obstinate French once again prevented any significant reforms from being seriously considered, let alone enacted. Their rumbling demonstration highlighted our otherwise protest-free ...

After leaving Leuven, we head to Liege. It is probably an OK place, but we drive around and just don't feel like doing anything there. I take a few quick shots and we head south to Luxembourg. I really do want to see that place.

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!

... en fermant les portes pour l'extérieur), sympa... Jusqu'à 3h du mat où il a bien fallu nous mettre dehors (la femme de ménage allait passer pour le lendemain :P ) La soirée s'est ensuite terminée chez nous pour un dernier verre avant les aurevoir définitifs (quand il faut...) Snif, vous allez nous manquer, merci d'être venus !!!