Radisson Sas Hotel, Hasselt

Ann took Jimmy and I for a good 1.5 hour walk around her neighbourhood. It's absolutely beautiful!! I almost didn’t feel like I was in the country to be honest.

All the homes in her neighbourhood are custom built and a lot of them are very modern looking. This also applies to the landscaping around these homes as well.

Ann’s house is also quite modest and since the last time I was here, she’s done a few upgrades, including ...

... on.

We stopped at one point, because the roadbook wasn't very clear, at which point Gaz and Charlotte came up behind us. They had been left behind by the V8s, as they were in a Series vehicle, so we said we'd stick with them.
At this point, Kieran noticed a strange noise from our engine, which was duly investigated by James. It was diagnosed as the fan belt tensioning pulley. But we didn't do anything about it at the time.

... important standing in the room and Mac was busy taking photo’s. Pity I was in my little tracksuit because in the morning I didn’t feel like getting dressed up. We had an early dinner at the hotel after getting dressed up and then walked down to the square to take our seats for the concert. I had the Australian flag and it went up with every opportunity we got. What can I say about the show, it is very ...

Wed.8th Jul. Kalkar - Lanaken,Belgium. 197ks. 12 degrees at 7pm!
Still jolly cold, wet too. So cold last night that I wore my merino woollies to bed.
We went on a 'find an internet cafe' mission this morning. A couple of villages proved fruitless then we decided to check out the information centre at Venlo. Why didn't we think of it....The library! God, we can be so dumb at times. Peace and quiet and a very fast WiFi. Perfect.
We had to resort ...

... set but I missed Sigur Ros. Spent the rest of the night with my Walloonian friends chatting and laughing. Woke up the next morning, packed up and then it started raining. I think I was very lucky with the weather for that weekend. Belgium has notoriously bad weather. It rained the night before I arrived and as I was leaving, but not for the three days in between. I think that may have been the only three days in a row that it did not rain in Belgium!

... ARG) Cathy en Cory in Puerto Montt (USA) Matt in Valparaíso (USA) Joey in La Serena (HAW) Jonas in San Pedro de Atacama (ZWI) Alice in San Pedro de Atacama (USA) Ana en Oliver in San Pedro de Atacama (ENG) Tobias en Layla in San Pedro de Atacama (ZWI) Renée in San Pedro de Atacama (FRA) Markus, Julia en Mateus in Potosí (OOS) Elisabeth in Sucre (BEL) Louise in Sucre (ENG) David in Sucre (IRL) Ana-Maria in Sucre (ZWE) Francesca in Sucre (ZWI) Sari ...

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!

... fun and at one stage they decided to gang up on me and so it became a rule that every time someone else had to drink, so did I. After that finished we went out for cocktails, and again got back to the hostel for another reasonably early, however very enjoyable, evening. Just as well because I had to check out by 10:30am this morning... It was a bit of a mission getting to the hotel here, only because my card wasn't working at the ATM at ...

... she came in Leuven so far. The rest of the time has been quiet in Leuven and at job... money came in and time flew by. On the 10th I went for another meeting at Frank's place in Grimbergen with some other member which was nice as usual and I manage to get a ride from someone from Hasselt. I also get to meet other new people. I went few evening at Markt Rock (13-14-15th) in Leuven to see mostly Janez dedt, the Kids and the Van Jets... but Markt Rock was really deceiving ...

... Polen en Lithouwen te bekijken maar heb ik enorme levenservaringen opgedaan. Op de heuvel van Hill of Crosses voelde ik me heel dicht bij Nick en heb ik de nodige steun gekregen van frank en regita. Ik heb ondervonden dat vriendschap geen rekening houdt met kleur, taal en leeftijd. Mijn laatste woord van dank gaat naar frank. Zonder hem had ik de reis nooit kunnen maken ...