Blogs from Liège Province, Belgium, Europe - page 2

Up early for a relatively shot ride down a beautiful valley towards Leige culminating in a hard ride ride up the Cote de la Redoute, which was brutal (20%) for over 2 Kms. Then onto the bus into Lieges for the prologue. We inflated our Kangaroos and joined the 200,000 spectators. The Roo proved to be extremely popular!. We had our pictures taken by hundreds of people, we were interviewed by Chinese TV, the local news paper and La Mond asked to interview us on camera for its website. I politely declined because my spoken French is merd. Had a great day and avoided sun burn and at the end of the race, we saw Cadel start, apparently there is an excellent shot of our Roos which should be on SBS immediately before he goes off. ... read more

26/5/2012 Today, I met up with Chris, Vikki, and Jeremy who’d come all the way from Germany to come hang out with Chris, so we all met up and had a big kiwi meet-up. We went bar-hopping, and wound up heading out to a club where I was going to meet up with Joanna, who’s birthday it was on Saturday. So we turned up at ‘ixo’, and the bouncer let in the girls that were with us, but not us. When we asked why, it was because we weren’t 21. He was saying this knowing danm well a group of 17 year old girls just minced on before this. But that was his JOB. He could let in any girls around 17-18, but guys HAD to have proof of being 21 or older. Creepy ? yeah ... read more

This morning I saw one of the most beautiful sunrises that I think I've ever seen. I have never witnessed them sun being not only as large as it was but as red. My new goal for the next 6 months is to make as many sunrises as possible, with the goalof creating one of those time elapsed collages things. But for serious if you have any desire to wake up at 430 am, bike 10 k jump over a bunch of wire fences, and climb up a 7 foot stone wall to sit on an old WW2 beach bunker to look out over the ocean and experience magic, please dear god either bring a spare battery for your camera or at least charge it the night before. I was able to get a 2 good ... read more

Monday morning we boarded a bus in Venice and traveled to the town of Trevisio. From their small airport we boarded a plane for Brussels, Henri and Noemi were there to greet us and drive us back to their home in Leige. Their house sits atop a hill, and from our room at night we can see the lights of the town below. However, my favorite spot is at the kitchen table surrounded by windows looking out at the garden. It felt like home and we really got a good night's sleep. On Tuesday, we rode around town, stopping at a couple overlook viewpoints to take in the sights. Liege has many old buildings that have great character. Dorothy's school was founded as a school for girls during a time when many did not think it ... read more

Saturday, May 28th The cemetery: After our walk in the morning in Aachen we checked out and found our way out of Aachen with out too much trouble. Drove on into Belgium and to the village of Henri-Chapelle and found the Rue du Memorial American, the road leading to the cemetery. Arrived at the cemetery a little before noon, parked and walked down to the general area of the grave of Anne's father, David Charles Connell, III. I thought I remembered where it was, but it was Anne who actually spotted the marker. We took a few pictures and then went to find Ms. Caroline Oliver, the Cemetery Associate with whom Anne had communicated about our visit. We found her, introduced ourselves, and found out that some of the school children who had adopted the grave ... read more