Radisson SAS Palace Hotel Liège

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

... take me so we can move the mattress in. I am probably going to have to move the rest of my stuff with the bus tomorrow, but it should be ok. I only have class until 1pm, so I will have the rest of the afternoon free. Tomorrow I need to figure out internet for the new place, move in, and hang up my proofreading flyers.<br><br>When I left this morning, I knew that I had tons of stuff to do, and I also just knew that none of it would work ...

... use my fingers to eat wings, but other than that, very delicious.<br><br>Tomorrow I have to:<br><br>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<br>2. go to the electric company and sign up so I can have power at my new place<br>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.<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 ...

... beautiful, and you can see lots of pictures of it on my gallery:<br><br>www.juliesours.com/gall ery<br><br>We saw lots of old churches from the 1500s and a castle/fort, which is in the pictures.<br><br>Also yesterday I signed the lease for my new apartment! Nil came with me and basically did all of the talking, and I am very grateful for that, because it would have been difficult to do by myself, signing ...

... more than a few times a year, so he anticipates the festival even a bit more than the rest of us. From there I drove about 90 minutes north for a further visit with other church members living just south of Liège (or Luik in Flemish). Belgium has two main language zones: Wallonia where a dialect of French is spoken, and Flanders, where a dialect of Dutch is spoken (there is also a small percentage of Belgians ...

... a girl from The Pas here, so we are back in the exchange days looking at photos... it's good to be with people I actually know. I actually talked to one of my teachers that I had in canada on the phone today... it totally tripped her out that I was in belgium!! Anyways this is a pretty long entry so I better get going now... next country on the list is Luxembourg (if I ever leave belge !!! I might die here, death by too many waffles he he he)

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!<br>

... small cursory road sign confirmed we had crossed into Belgium. It was an absolute pleasure to ride along the flat bike lanes attached to each and every road, a far cry from the stress and angst of riding alongside vehicle traffic in Australia, and we kept going for a good 25km or so to the town of Genk. <br><br>Genk itself was a fairly non-descript place, but when in a local supermarket we were each able to ...

... terrine and salad. Second course was meat: duck, pate, game meat, Moroccan cous-cous, creamy sausage pasta and vegetables. Third course was a massive chocolate cake! And all this was accompanied by a raspberry cocktail (freshly crushed raspberries with champagne and vodka), wine, beer and champers... I feel full just thinking about it all! In between eating, it was wonderful to catch up with my Liegois friends. It was so great to spend ...