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Published: March 12th 2010
Greetings,
Well, we are 5 days in and going strong. A few little issues with regard to camping in the freezing cold and getting used to the camper but all in all, everything is dandy.
We are now currently in The Netherlands staying in Delft after 5 days in Belgium. Belgium is an interesting little country with apart from Bruges nothing much to see other that flat barren land. Tom Tom took us on some crazy adventure getting here to Holland so we did end up seeing a few areas that resembled scenery. Bruges was definitely the pick with regard to Belgium. Brussels is like any other city where we learnt not to drive the van into a city. Parking was a nightmare and we found ourselves driving down cobblestone roads that I think were pedestrian only.
Out of Bruges we did a WW1 tour of Ypres on Tuesday which was great and were labelled the ‘crazy aussies’ for camping this time of year. We saw all the WW1 bombing, mining and combat sites and all the many, many war cemeteries. There is an Aussie movie coming out in April Beneath Hill 60 which is one of the
places we visited. Finished off with a visit to an actual trench that is in the middle of an industrial park. We were quite astonished and somewhat offended that they built on top of a site like this. They even found bodies when building but that did not stop them.
After Bruges, we stayed in a campsite out of Brussels and were the only ones there apart from the usual inbred hicks that live in these shanty villages. No hot water (you find out after you have paid, another lesson learnt) so no showers for 2 days. I am enjoying it but Em not so much.
After seeing Brussels we went to Waterloo which was reminiscent of Penrith or Osbourne Park.
Today, after the 3 hour drive and a visit to Ikea for Em we spent the afternoon in Delft, a short walk from the campsite (which has hot water) Delft, which was beautiful with canals everywhere and the odd church or two. Had a nice lunch followed by a Heineken and now back to the van having a Grolsh (getting into the local history I am) waiting for Em to crack open the cheeses and meats
we bought.
Hope all is well with all.
Em, Ben and Lola!
Ps marriage and Lola and going strong and I am a few weeks shy of having a ponytail.
Further lessons learnt:
1. Always check hot water status prior to paying
2. Ben enjoys not showering, Em gets angrier by the hour when she does not
3. Ben now realises the importance of washing your hair
4. Em now refuses to ride a bike even with normal jeans on so now we walk
5. Tom Tom has a wild imagination when planning our trips from one place to the next
6. Apparently Ben is getting bossier and less tolerant
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Mum
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Great photos
I have set up a folder and am saving all your travel blogs for you! Today's open house disappointing, only 1 more contract asked for, making that 2! Another 2 ladies coming at 5pm. One couple very interested but haven't put their home on the market so would want a delayed settlement which would give me more time to look.... depends on the $$$ offered. Monty seemed genuinely disappointed. Love to both Mum xx