Pullman Brussels Airport Diegem

... from Belgium, not from France, as many think), an Asterix (that IS french) and a french version of Stephen King's "The Shining" (one of my favorites). Speaking of Tintin, we also visited the Belgian Comic Museum which was quite interesting and a lot of fun, seeing the history of this very important Belgian industry.

Then, for a special treat, I was able to go with Nadine to see a play for free! Since she ...

... ben) Goruldugu uzere waffle uzmani oldum...

Biralarinin ismi Gueuze birasi. Tadini bir tek Bruksel Zenne nehri vadisinde olan bakteriden aliyor. Nehir nerede? Bruksel'in altinda; koku yaptigindan uzerini 19. yyda kapatmislar :)

Fransizca, Hollandaca (Dutch) konusuluyor, sokaklar iki isimli.

Bugun rasgele dolastim, yarin biraz daha planli olacak. Cizgi roman muzesi kesin var!

... everyone else was too. We got a call from G telling us that we´d locked him out so we shuttled back to his house, picking up a fine farm raised chicken on the way. Again we cooked for ourselves (the rest of his family was vacationing the entire time), the chicken and I did up some couscous with tomatos and an array of spices which turned out really well. A few of his friends came over for some low stakes poker and trampolining.

... with that. Now my immediate concern was the GPS, so I quickly inquire about it. No problem, they have plenty of them. Unlike America, where they are mounted in the cars, theirs are in a laptop bag and you use the suction thingy to mount it. I am like YES, just for superstition sake, I am wearing green again tomorrow! I might just wear green the rest of the trip! I have 3 pairs of green cargo pants. They say green is the new black...LOL just kidding ! I get out to the car, very ...

... early in the morning. We get into the train station and after having to ask where the heck we check in, find the desk. When the tickets were bought on line we somehow marked that we would be picking them up in France. HUH? Uh-oh. So the kind lady did a manual ticket even though we only had left them 15 minutes before departure vs. the recommended 20 minutes. We get through that mess and on to ...

... report. My last night in Brussels coincided with Benj's bday bash. Drank all sorts of beers, starting with duvel. Belgium is known to have great beers and there were just too many to try out everyone's favorites. People in Brussels are also very friendly and easily approachable. I can't name them all but many friends were made and I hope they can make it to LA someday. Brussels is a city with fine blend of French & Dutch which makes the city ...

... F max today. Work's been pretty interesting. In terms of policy, the Europeans have a lot going on. Trying to pick and choose which to address is one of the difficult things for me to do. Nevertheless, it's all really exciting. I won't bother potentially boring you with the issues here but I will post the monthly newsletter I wrote for EHMA in the coming days for those who are interested. Here are some interesting facts/observations about ...

... air conditioning back in the states - it is little things like this that we take for granted everyday. So besides being VERY hot, the day-trip to Brussels was quite nice. For most of the day, we basically just walked through the winding streets; while our professor (who is from this region of Belgium) pointed out several different buildings and facades that she thought would be useful to study with regards to our own ...

... preached to me as a child. While wandering the streets and plazas of Brussels, I stepped in dog ****. Yes, It's true, I stepped in a VERY SMALL amount of dog ****. It was quick and easy to remove the **** simply by scraping the shoe against the curb, however Erin still laughed at me and my minor misfortune. Then she stepped in dog **** too. Her pile of **** was much larger, fresh, and smelled awful. Instant Karma. Erin spent the next hour scraping ...

It's twenty-four hours back to Brussels, train passing nameless cities through the night. At some early point the Euro police come on and check us out, but after that it’s just cruise and snooze. Finally we get in to Brussels, from which I’ll catch a cheap bus north across the sea, but that’s tomorrow. I go check out the biggest Muslim area ...