Hey all! The past couple weeks have been crazy! I've traveled around Europe a little bit. This past weekend I went to Belgium on Saturday... ate the most fabulous waffles and chocolate of my life. Walked around the gorgeous town, full of people and open markets. Then we ventured to Amsterdam on Sunday, the 22nd, and visited the Anne Frank museum which was a must. On Monday we went to the Van Gogh Museum and walked around the city. It is full of canals... more than Venice, who would've known. We had amazing weather and a long, long, long journey. Tuesday [View Full Entry]

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Hey All, We are here in Brussles, it is our first day here, we woke up late and had to be out of the hostel by 11 so we jumped out of bed and went on a two hour walking tour of Brussels. We saw many different parts of the city from the impoverished parts to the neuveau rich. It's really cool here, there are sky scrapers and old old brick small homes. We have been eating their famous french fries and drinking great BEER!!!!!!! We saw the funniest band that played at out hostel last night, words don't even beging [View Full Entry]

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Hi! Kate here! Well, to ease everyone's mind, the three of us are together! The boys got to our hotel in London around 11:15 AM yesterday. We hung out with my mom for about 45 minutes while they got cleaned up (boy did they smell like sweat! Haha!) and then we said bye to her! We found our hostel in London without much trouble and ate some pizza. Then we headed into the main part of London (Westminster, actually), and rode the London Eye which was pretty cool, had some great views. Then we went to a pub and had some [View Full Entry]

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I want to warn all of you that there is a force invading Belgium. It's not the French under Napoleon and it's not the Germans. It's H&M department stores. They are EVERYWHERE!! I have seen 4 in Brussels alone. On my walk from the train station to the Markt in Bruges I saw 2 on the same street. And this weekend, I saw one in Ghent and two in Waterloo. I just can't believe it. Ok, now that I have that off my chest I can move on. This was another great week in Brussels. I can't really complain about much [View Full Entry]

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Yeah, it’s a nice day at last, so we set off for a bike ride through the wonderful old streets of Brugges. It’s a great way to see the town but riding on cobbled streets through pedestrians and traffic is a challenge though. We’ve loved every minute of Europe but we’re looking forward to being able to speak to some one in English…anyone, even a shopkeeper. We’ve been able to get by with a very limited grasp of the language but it’s strange not being able to understand even the simple things like ‘would you like that in a bag’. Catching [View Full Entry]

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Hey everybody, Well the flight over was not as bad as I expected, the kids were really good, a wee bit tired but other than that they were good! However the 8 hour stop over in Hong Kong was a bit much for Joe and he just wanted to run wild! We finally got here after travelling 30 hours straight, Marlon (James' coach) had all his family turn up at the airport with about 5 cars to take everybody and the luggage, which was very nice of them! The town that we are staying in is very cute, and the buildings [View Full Entry]

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On train from Frankfurt to Brussels (I think..). The platforms for the train to Brussels were rather awkward so there is a good chance that I am headed to Amsterdam at the moment, but I’ll worry about that when the time comes haha. I’m pretty sure I was where I was supposed to be. This layover in Frankfurt went MUCH better than the last nightmare here..haha (I’m still ticklish, and not a security threat, no matter what the Germans say). Anyways, I ended up meeting this girl from Alberta who was on an “around the world” tour by herself for 8 [View Full Entry]

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Thought we’d detour past the beaches of Dunkirk to pay respect to the many lives lost in the battles. What was here was obviously destroyed in the wars and quickly rebuilt in the fifties. Now days it’s a holiday town that’s stuck in a 50’s time warp (though it’s a dreary place for a holiday now). And the wind…trying to make lunch from the boot of the car in gale force wind is a mission, while the kids got sand burn on the wide sandy beaches we took refuge in the car and watched the wind blowing people and dogs off [View Full Entry]

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Bonjour tout le monde! La deuxième étape de mon voyage se termine demain: je quitterai Anvers pour Bruges. Enfin! Je commence à m'ennuyer à Anvers qui est une jolie ville certes, mais qui n'offre pas assez de choses à faire pour y rester 5 jours (ce qui est mon cas). Premièrement, l'arrivée à Anvers se fait dans une gare magnifique. Le premier endroit que j'ai visité est la cathédrale Notre-Dame. C'est la plus grand cathédrale gothique de tout le Benelux. Elle est très belle et elle renferme plusieurs oeuvres d'art grandioses dont plusieurs tableaux du célèbre peintre flamand Rubens. J' [View Full Entry]

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We made our way from Torquay to Dover which was quite a drive. I think it took about 5 hours. Our ferry wasnt until 4am the next morning so we stopped at a reststop and had a few hours sleep. Boarded the ferry which only took 90 mins to cross the English channel. Arrived in Calais, France then started driving towards Belgium. We stopped at a rest stop on the way for a bit of a sleep cos we were quite tired. When we woke up I realised that I had left the headlights on so the battery was dead flat. [View Full Entry]

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