Blogs from Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

We left Grand Fort Phillipe slightly later than intended on Tuesday, a little too much celebrating the night before! Woolly says – Personally I think they should have stopped after the second bottle of bubbles (especially as they wouldn’t share with me!!!). Once Ian and Jo had FINALLY moved themselves we set off back to the A16 (Motorways in the UK) to move further north, we managed to lose ALL of the World War Two points of interest and decided to continue to Ostend. The journey was terrifying, with 60mph winds pushing Georgie sideways my stomach lurched so many times I felt quite sick, I gave up my front viewing platform and held onto Jo whilst Ian battled valiantly with the weather, Jo was shaking, Ian was sweating and believe or believe it not the sun ... read more

The holidays approached and with nothing in mind there was much disagreement in the house. Opinions differed in the run up with Glenn being taken up with a short trip to Pembrokeshire which would include some walking, sitting in pubs doing nothing, relaxing and just being glad to have time to ourselves without work on our backs. Oh to win the lottery but having given up entering it was some kind of dream which would never materialise. All pennies being saved for Suzy. I on the other hand had fond memories of a three week trip from Dover to Lands End in the wet and windy summer of 1977. Following a trip from Ross on Wye to Lands End in the hot summer previously I imagined we would have the same luck with the 1977 trip. ... read more

Sunday, June 6, 2010 Bruges, Belgium Today was to be a rest day before our flight to our eventual destination, Kinshasa, DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). Tricia wanted to see the ocean and our original idea to ride bikes to the sea never panned out. So we hopped in the Benz and headed toward a little sea town on the coast. The countryside was beautiful. When we arrived at the seaside town it was much bigger than I anticipated. We parked and strolled along the wide cementwalk (not boardwalk as in Atlantic City) and the beach. Ostende was visible along the coast and appeared to be a major port. After our visit to the beach, we were getting hungry so headed for a small town over the border in Holland Sluis recommended by our landlord. You ... read more

Oostende voor anker. Uniek evenement voor bootliefhebbers. Zeilschepen, platboten, enz. honderden schepen kleurden de haven. Samen met een 50 tal andere mensen heb ik een zeiltocht kunnen maken in de Noordzee. Beaufort 2......... read more

Here you'll find the pictures of our trip to Belgium in August 2008. We stayed in Middelkerke (near Oostende) for nine days, living in the appartment of a friend of us. There we spent some nice days together with our friends from Belgium, enjoying the sun (specially the sunsets) and the fine food...... read more