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... boy on the bus and asked him if the bus was going where I needed to go. He said that he was also going where I was going (Ponttor) and that he could show me which bus to get on. It was funny, cause when I asked him that he answered and I immediately knew that German was not his native tongue. I guess perhaps my ear for German has become more refined after all.. Well we were going to have to wait 11 minutes for the next bus, and it is only ...

Hi all,

Had a pretty lazy Sunday. I know that tomorrow is going to be very busy so I just wanted to relax today. Had apple strudel ala mode for lunch, haha. Then we had a turkish dish for dinner. It was chicken wings and sliced potatoes on a pan lightly smothered in tomato sauce with lots of spices and garlic. It was pretty good! I just dont like the skin or fat on chicken, and I dont like ...

... They told us we were at the highest point in Belgium, which was somewhere in the Nature Park.

We decided to call it a day for the roadbook, and make a detour to just get into Luxembourg for fuel, and to make sure we 'did' all the countries.

Looking back that detour cost us some time, but did mean we visited Luxembourg, even if it was too dark to see it.

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.

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 ...

... and everything.

Then today I picked up my key for the new place. Not sure when I am going to move in, yet. The apartment is furnished with a bed and closet and everything, but it doesn't have a mattress. I don't want to move my stuff in there until I can sleep there, too. I will have to buy a mattress soon, about 50 Euros should do it.

Pics of the new apartment will be up soon.

Tonight Nil ...

... grade English class, and I must say, they have been quite impressive. It is definitely beneficial for the students to start learning a language so young. In the 12th grade class we had a discussion about the American Dream. The students seemed very interested in what I had to say and learning what its really like instead of learning from reading about America or seeing it on TV. At the end I asked if any students had any ...

I am sitting here waiting to catch the 9.34 train to Aachen, which I think is just over the border with Germany. I hope this train will take me to Köln, one way or another. Köln is the next place in the direction I'm going - the southeasterly direction. My hopes were momentarily dashed when I asked for a ticket upgrade to catch the Thalys (express train) to Köln, and after much tapping on the part of ...

... the Mannekin **** (for those of you who don't know Brussels, yes I did just write 'the peeing statue', it's rather famous over there!) bought some chocolate in a very expensive chocolatier's and bought some clothes in some slightly less expensive clothes shops! We also ran into our teachers...not exactly what we were hoping for on our day off, but ho hum, they're a friendly lot really. Sunday was time for a much needed lie in, and then we spent the ...

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!

... vallée de la Meuse. Quelque temps plus tard nous arrivons au bord de la Meuse. La vue de toutes ces maisons collées en rangée au long du fleuve me fait penser à des villes Pays-Bas. Non loin de là nous retrouvons la rue Hors Château, rue autrefois à l'extérieur des fortifications de Liège, d'où son nom. Nous y voyons plusieurs jolies impasses qui béouches sur des jardins ou de jolies cours intérieurs. Ces impasses sont si ...