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... part of it, and of course it's incredibly beautiful. Michael Schumacher, the retired Formula 1 driver has an estate on the lake just up from Nyon in Gland, and his wife has a large horse stable up the hillside that we passed last evening not far from Trélex. Phil Collins lives in nearby Féchy (his third wife was Swiss, they’ve since separated), Shania Twain lives in Corseaux on Lake Geneva, Nana Mouskouri lives in Geneva. Other celebrities live in other parts of Switzerland ...

Nice country drive throughout the Verdun region to the little village of Stenay, where there is a council platz with washing machines etc, in a picturesque setting next to a canal. The whole area is scattered with monuments to the Americans, and with a large cemetery. It seems as though no Frenchman would need to mouth off at the ...

(47 miles) Today we were definitely slowed down by the rain. I guess it's just not that fun to ride a bike in the rain. So we stopped in Sedin. A town with the largest medieval castle in Europe. We ate an Americain, which is a sandwich eaten in Belgium and the north of France. It's hamburger patties and french fries stuffed into a Baguette with some tasty choices ...

... Taught them some English. And the boys wore teeshirts! Woooot not so dressy for once! -Played ping pong and watched the others play ping pong - which was great because one doesn't need to be able to speak fluently to contribute to that! -Got to know everyone in my class and the other class and had a bit of fun -Had short services. The monks sing their prayers. Hilarious.....its just impossible to have a group like that keep silent - one has to laugh, or talk ...

..definitely the highlight of our second week of ritual in the Ardennes was fire walking on the Friday night.After spending the afternoon with a fire walking expert going through reasons to walk the fire, what you might focus on as you walk, what you might dedicate it to ..how HOT the fire will be and the possible length of your stay in hospital should it all go horribly wrong. Even showing photos of the fire ...

I'm including two different trips to the Ardennes - what Belgium tries to pass for mountains- one of which was in the spring and one of which was in the fall. Two totally different trips- one for the sole purpose of mountain biking and one for the sole purpose of sitting in hot water and paying someone to touch my face. The first shock after getting into the ardennes, finding our campground and getting out ...

The best hotel in town, especially as we've been on the road 12 hours! Looking forward to a shower, as we are all soaking already from the heat. Sampling the local beer first though :-) Le Relais

Started my day of riding in Reims. The day wasn't too promising. Complete downpour, cold......looks like my first day of riding in Dunkerque, France... Well, since I'm now equipped with Gum boots + webbed feet (you know, ducks...) from my BC experience, a good kick in the butt + a strong Expresso did the job again. Those French Hostels are quite civilised. Breaky included + strong coffee ...

... Flamande (Parlent Neerlandais, ou tres pres de...) et la partie Wallonne (Francais). Je trouve les Wallons beaucoupo plus accueillants. Il faut dire que c'est ma langue aussi, donc......Une particularite aussi des Wallons. Ils prononcent certains mots en francais pratiquement de la meme maniere que les Quebecois. Plusieurs fois, je me suis surpris a me dire "tiens, un quebecois". Apres une phrase ou 2, je m'apercevais qu'ils etaient Belges! Oups ...

La période des camps d'été entâme le bal des Grandes Vacances en Belgique et tiendra les frères et soeurs de Yannic occupés pendant une bonne partie du mois de juillet. C'est aujourd'hui la première journée du camp de Laura et ses parents nous proposent des les accompagner pour la reconduire sur place dans les Ardennes, à environ 2 heures de Bruxelles. Les Ardennes est une région ravissante à l'est de la Belgique ...