jawilso's Guestbook

yum!
I think you should go ahead and eat the darn waffle with all of the trimmings. It sounds delicious! And frites are fries (which originated in Belgium, apparently). Bruges looks gorgeous; I hope you're enjoying yourself!

tourist waffle eating
If you've gone on at least one tour, then maybe you are a tourist after all! lol Go ahead and have a real Belgian waffle with strawberries and chocolate, and have one for me too! they even have a chocolate factory. ooooohh next to the town hall photo you said theres also a chocolate factory and a frites factory. What is a 'frites' factory? is that a belgium word?

Bruges
When I was on a business trip to Gent years ago, the fellow that took me around (who was from Gent) told me that in his opinion, Bruges was the best looking city in the whole of Europe. I didn't get a chance to find out, but sounds like he may have it right.

Wow
I'm totally with you on the whole art thing. My idea of good art is pretty, or at least emotionally stimulating. Still, there is so much history behind the art, and that's what seems the most beautiful to me is the centuries of culture and history those pieces have survived. Anyways, I hope you are having a ton of fun. I can't wait to see you!

What a trip I think what you are doing is fantastic! Have fun and be safe

"...it seems to me that Christianity teaches simplicity and anti-materialism." Yes Jen, it does approach idolatry. The whole crux of religious tradition in the form of congregations and denominations smacks of idolatry. My sense is that when tradition is honored for the sake of tradition it becomes, by definition idolatry. But congregations tend to always think they are the exception... We could go on and on about this sometime...

Hey! I remember that from our highschool trip to Paris. would have been nice if someone had told us it was a church. Or let us go inside. would have made it a bit more interesting

Amazing!
I'm loving your updates. It's like traveling without moving. Keep it up girl. And be safe! I can't wait to see Paris!

one more thing...
Phil had an idea for you... you should sign up for a SmugMug (http://www.smugmug.com/) account, which is basically a way for you to upload your photos to their online memory storage. Their storage is unlimited, so you can upload as many photos as you want and they will always be accessible. It would be good to do in case your laptop or camera do get stolen or something. Then, you would at least still have all your photos. Just a suggestion!

awesome
That is all so awesome. From the states, it feels like you've been gone more than four days too! The Lord bless you and keep you! Can't wait to see what's next!