Blogs from Liège Province, Belgium, Europe

Rano sa mi fakt nechcelo vstavat. Vonku uz po snehu ani stopy mimo striech a kopcov. Na ranajky monte co som vcera kupil. Niektore pradlo som mal este vlhke, tak rychlo susenie na radiatore v kupelke, ostatne boli vypate ale i tak v byte teplo, nie ako v zahrebe. Dali sme si 5 particiek domina, vyhral som tesne, 3-2. Cs ma trochu povodila po okoli kde nic zaujimave neni. Isli sme aj okolo ciganskeho domu. I tu cloveka povazuju za rasistu ak povie cigan, musi povedat rom. Pici kam tato doba speje. Skoncili sme na kakavu so slahackou. Na bus zastavke ma nalozila na bus c.1 co ide do centra. Ten sa neskor riadne zaplnil. Stal sa zazrak, na treti pokus som nasiel odporucanu restiku skriti kut. Som sledoval tlupu ludi co sli do podchodu. Fakt ... read more

Really casual morning today, it was raining so instead of walking around Bruges a little more we decided to push on to Lieges. After an uneventful two hour drive we made it. Hostel is nice, and gave us good advice on a walk around the highlights of Lieges. A mammoth hill climb and a few miles (and beers) later we're ready for a nice evening meal. Spa tomorrow, but it looks like it may well be wet, so we may have to improvise a little. Jason - asleep, got a sore back, possibly car related Tom - asleep Steve - asleep Joss - comforting his mother on the phone ;) Mike - waiting for people to wake up Overall everyone is loving the trip so far, Belgium has been great and the car has been a ... read more

Palaces, saxophones and elevators for boats among other things The main goal for our visit to Belgium was to visit the town Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau. We have already written about that part of the trip. We had a few more days on our hands and decided to drive around and see what the rest of Belgium is like. If we are to give you a quick resume we can say that the rest of Belgium is very enjoyable and interesting and we will definitely go back again in the future for another road trip. We loved it! The only downside we can think of is the food. We had way too much french fries to eat these days. There are many palaces in Belgium. We are not saying that there are more palaces per capita there the... read more

Up early for b/fast before a 4hr bus trip to Belgium. After a cautious lunch we stopped the bus at the top of the Mur de Huy and we stepped out into pouring rain and the first serious ride of the trip. A short work up and we rolled into the famous hill, famed for being Cadel's winning leg on the 2010.This hill wasn't too painful, the main problem being wheelies and the back wheel spinning on the paint lines in the rain.Despite reaching 26% it was quite short and we both managed it well. We progressed to the the next hill which was much tougher, still peeing down with rain but the country side was great so the time, mainly through agricultural land and then into forrest, so time passed very quickly. Several more steep ... read more

What a day! Set out on the hotel at 8.00 am into Stavelot and then immediately turned sharp left up a very big hill. Then we continued out though the Arden and over 5 very tough climbs totalling 1700 meters!. Continued for four grueling hours over 100 Kms, but the countryside was fantastic and we both finished very well. Weather was great, not too hot and intermittent sunshine. Back to the hotel for a a quick lunch and then we cycled up another hill to watch the race go by immediately adjacent to Franchecomp race track. Skippy attracted much attention again and a honk from the green edge car. Then it was back to town for dinner at a local resteraunt. This was a disaster. Gaye's meal never arrived and the rest of the food was ... read more