Blogs from Antwerp Province, Belgium, Europe - page 10

Martin and I were fortunate to be in Antwerp for the 2nd Indian Customers vs RTD cricket match. A couple of training sessions before the day meant we actually got to touch a cricket ball and for me, a couple of swings of a cricket bat in the nets... Despite my duck, I managed not to let any balls pass me when fielding, but alas, didn't get to show them my Sandy's special flipper as I didn't get to bowl. At least I faced a ball though, Martin padded up and his batting partner faced three balls and was then out. That was the entire RTD team dismissed! We then had a fantastic dinner/dance hosted by the Indian Customers and overnight stay at a hotel on a lake. Martin and I chose to spend the following ... read more

23rd January: Incessant, driving rain, and a filthy windscreen, hamper progress to Antwerp. That, and searching diesel stations round Calais for the elusive heavy truck road tax needed for Belgium. I'm now back on the Tina Turner tour European leg - no White Cliffs of Dover again, for me, until early April. Bed at 3am. At 6.35, outside my truck window, a drunken colleague on this twenty-truck tour holds a loud, slurred, incoherent conversation. Then “Namibian Colin”, who shall feature regularly in this blog, accidentally blows his airhorn at 9 o'clock. When doing his daily sit-up getting out of bed, his bulky paunch catches the stalk on the steering column; he's simply too fat! 24th January: Terrible! Four bendy young honeys in miniskirts degrading themselves on stage...IN LEATHER. Yes, of course I watched the show. 'All ... read more

Voila, dit zal dan de laatste blog zijn voordat we vertrekken. Time flies by….! Je kijkt er zo lang rijkhalzend naar uit en dan is hij daar: die toch wel lichtjes gevreesde allerlaatste dag voor het vertrek. Aaaaaaaah shit? Zijn we wel goed voorbereid? Hebben we wel alles mee? Zeg nu zelf: hoeveel onderbroekskes en sokskes zou jij bijvoorbeeld meenemen op een rondreis van 6 maanden? Euh….. Voila, dat is nu net, je moest toch wel even nadenken hé? En dan hebben we het nog maar enkel over wat stomme onderbroekskes en sokskes:-) Stel dat je 12 stuks van elk meeneemt, wel dan kan je alvast één lange broek wel vergeten: je rugzak barst immers al bijna letterlijk uit zijn voegen! Wat een zware beslissingen toch!:-) Soit, voor we jullie gaan vervelen met onze onderbroekverhalen: laat ... read more

Today was a very long day. We left Paris from Gare du Nord at 6:30 AM and traveled to Antwerp where we were to see an exhibit at Moma (ModeMuseum) on Paper Fashion. When we arrived, we were informed that it was a national holiday and everything was closed (except for the exhibit which we weren't scheduled to see until the afternoon). So.....why not go to Holland for a little shopping? We hopped back on the train and went to Holland! It was quaint and fun....there was a festival going on celebrating the 500th anniversary of a church. We looked around, ate some chocolate and lunch.....and got back on the train to Antwerp. Antwerp was neat = lots of interesting people strolling around the streets. We walked about 3/4 mile to the museum......we all really enjoyed ... read more

Antwerp, Belgium July 8-10 I caught an early evening train to Antwerp from Lille and arrived to my host’s apartment around 8pm. I got a bit lost on the way, but that tends to happen quite often in new cities. Riet was immediately very welcoming and easy to talk to. I could tell we’d get along great. After dropping off my load at her place, we walked a short distance into the center of town and went to a bar where there was a good local rock group playing. We’d arrived a bit late, and it was completely packed to the door with people. We squeezed our way in and grabbed a couple of drinks. I of course got my first Belgian Trappist Ale on tap!! I got Orval, which was served in traditional Belgian fashion, ... read more