Le Cygne d'Argent Liège

Well, I'm back again and so much has happened since I last wrote - enough to turn my trip very nearly on its head...<br><br>I'm in Belgium now and back on an AZERTY keyboard, so this is difficult to type, but here goes: After leaving Sara's place in Aarhus, Denmark, last Wednesday, Claus and I spent the morning wandering through Aarhus in the rain, looking at a church and hunting for the town hall. We then headed to Odense, also in Denmark. On the way, we stopped for a traditional ...

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

... of course), and a pillow for 107 Euro. About as good a deal as I could get!<br><br>I was thinking about trying to get the mattress on the bus, because I couldn't get ahold of Nil on her cell phone, but then luckily I reached her at home. She immediately came to the mattress store and helped me load the purchases in the car. I thanked her up and down, needless to say. She then had to go to a meeting so I took the bus home. I sat next to this ...

... 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 ...

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.<br><br>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 ...

... 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.

... 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 !!!

... amazement we saw that the sign on the black iron fence above the enclosure confirmed it was indeed a &#8216;Tasmaanse Buidelwolf&#8217;.<br> <br>Perhaps in a bid to prevent the Dutch caging us up like our presumed-extinct local friend, we decided to flee from the Netherlands entirely, though just for the rest of the day. After hiring bicycles we had barely pedalled our way out of the western edge of the town before ...