Today we again had a quiet morning just chilling out at b&b then went around to andrews. Us girls went shopping while the boys prepared bbq and appetifs. One big clothes shop with childrens, womens and mens clothes. prices ranged from medium to expensive. Amy brought some shorts and Nancy brought a t-shirt each for the girls to remember her by. Fashion is a bit different from NZ. back to andrews and the boys have prepared an awesome bbq - coal. Lots to choose from - kebabs, ribs, worsters (sausages), chicken and potatoes and salads, very nice. Lots of fun outside, [View Full Entry]

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Cold day today but are going indoor rock climbing anyway. Girls stayed at Andrews last night, so jerm and I just chilling out this morning. Girls walked home with Jillie and played here for a while, then we all went around to andrews for lunch then to rock climbing. Girls really enjoyed the rock climbing especially Britney who was a natural at it. Andrew and Laurant both do rock climbing for a sport, indoor as well as outdoor on real rocks. Went back to andrews and had another awesome meal, drinks and laughter. Said goodbye with a few tears, but will [View Full Entry]

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A very hot day today in zingem, nancy says that it is not normal for this time of year. Amy and Jillie playing under the sprinker at andrews - ended up with a water fight Andrew, Laurant and jeremy everyone got wet except me, I managed to dodge the water somehow. Went for a walk to one of andrews friends house, very nice house with big back yard. Was supposed to go climbing but brit and I not feeling well so decided just to chill again. Had fish and chips for tea, very different from NZ, no fish!!!! There is a [View Full Entry]

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woke to another nice day today. great to catch up on skype. amy had a great day at school with jillie, said it was very different from NZ - only 12 in the class. they had sport in the morning and then making stuff in the afternoon and also some questions about nz. Jeremy and I did the nature walk while amy was at school, very nice, mainly over farmland, only about 5 cows to a paddock, must be cow paradise over here. Brit still not very well - sore throat. went to the local and sat outside having a drink [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone Well, we are finally here in Belgium and the first thing I have to say is that......THE WAIT WAS WORTH IT! We are loving it here. A run down on our activities so far.... We arrived on Monday morning about 8AM Brussels time. There was supposed to be someone from the relocation company to meet us at the airport but no one showed up. Then again, we only decided to fly over on Friday after the Belgium offices were closed for the weekend, and then we arrived before they opened on Monday morning so we had thought we might [View Full Entry]

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Woke to a beautiful day in Zingem today. Went on a bike ride, was supposed to reach a village called Oudenaarde in about 1 hour but took a wrong turn and ended up in the village before that one in about 2 hours!!! Fuelled up on some burgers and chips and headed back to Zingem - about another 1/2 hour. Beautiful scenery, mainly biked by the river but also on some farm roads. Other than the smell (cow manure we think) and sore butts it was great. All very tired and sore now. Girls had a little sleep while Jeremy and [View Full Entry]

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A great day out in Ghent. Somehow managed to catch train from zingem into ghent, then tram into centre of ghent and found the historic area! Phew that was almost enough for one day!!! went to st Bavos cathedral, very awesome but couldnt take photos inside, the cathedral has 22 altars, then onto Belfry where we climbed 444 small winding stone steps to the top, but unfortunately I couldnt make the most of the view as my legs were like jelly (it was the height thing again) so Jeremy took some photos while I clung to the wall!! Next onto St [View Full Entry]

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Met Nancy's parents last night, they came for dinner, lots more wine, beer and food - will all need to go on a diet when we get back, to much good living for now. Today Had a lazy day, found a supermarket but couldnt get the trolley out as they were locked - found out later you had to put money in and then you get it back when you put the trolley back!! Didn't do much today as just chilling and catching up on everything. Went to andrew's this afternoon when kids home from school and ended up staying for [View Full Entry]

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Well here we are in Belgium. What a busy few days in LA. Went back to Disneyland and California Land on the second day for 12 hours!! Went on some very scarey rides, but had lots of fun, saw Disneyland at night, very pretty, lots of lights everywhere and a street party parade with all the characters. Girls very brave to go on rides, and Jeremy 2. Jeremy almost went on big roller coaster but none of us would go on with him. Plane trip from LA to Switzerland ok, same sort of plane as Air New Zealand abit bigger, food [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone... We are sitting in the airport in Huntsville waiting on our fllight to Brussels via Atlanta. It has been a whirlwind 2 days. On Tuesday we received word that Marc's wrork permit was being fed-exed to us from Brussels and that once we received it, we could go to Atlanta to submitmit the papterwork for our visas. We made plans to go the next day (not that we were anxious or anything) and to have the movers come pick up our air shipment on friday. Then when Marc went to track the fed-ex package we found that it was [View Full Entry]

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