Gent, Belgium/Holland

Part 2

June 26-29

After a mad dash through the second part of London, we jumped on a train to Belgium. Luc & Veronique kindly met us in Brussels and then caught another train to Gent.

What a beautiful city! We spent Thursday and Friday roaming through the old city which included a stop at the main attraction, Galvestein Castle. This 1100 year old castle had an awesome self-guided tour that brought us through the entire thing.

We had some delicious authentic Belgium waffles and local candy called “noses.

Not to be forgotten was all the DELICOUS Belgium beer. Each beer is served with its named glass. They say the glass is made for the beer. I only had a couple…

Saturday morning they picked us up early and drove up to Cadzands Beach in Holland (Netherlands). We had a wonderful buffet breakfast, followed by a little fun in the sun. The water was pretty cold, but that didn’t stop us Carlo’s from jumping in.

  • Jelly fish everywhere

We are very sad to leave Belgium. The food was outstanding, beer incredible and the friends indescribable. Now I need to shed some of these pounds so my suits will fit me in Denmark.

Off to Paris…

Gent, Belgium

Part 1

Luc & Veronique

I would like to dedicate this entire post to the amazing brothers and sisters we have. Before Wednesday, we had never met Luc & Veronique, only a couple text messages. Saturday when we left them it was as if we were leaving close family. I joked with Luc that over the course of the few days they were, Chauffer’s, cooks, translators, tour guides and so on… Our family truly felt the their warm, kind and generous love. To top it all off, on Friday evening we went to a BBQ at some other friends house, where once again we were spoiled rotten. Thank you Luc & Veronique! We will always remember and cherish our time spent with you.

Their hospitality reminded me of how important it is that we stick close together as a united brotherhood. I want to return home and display the same kind of love and kindness to our dear brothers and sisters. John 13:34,35

England

Sunday June 23

After a long sleepless night flight we arrived. Straight to the rental car and into the thick of the hustle and bustle of a big city. With a sporadic 2-3 hours of sleep, stiff knee and no England driving experience we set sail. Thanks to my amazing co-pilot/navigator we made it down to our Flat in the small town of Portsmouth.

Walked down the road to a small pub which was featuring inspiring Adele young ladies open mic-night and had some pretty good food.

I told Chelsea I’d be the passenger, but then this happened!

Monday June 24

This time change… After another amazing 2-3 hours of sleep, we left the Flat early for an adventure to Stonehenge and the city of Bath. We optioned out of the 2 hour Stonehenge bus tour in which fanny packs and pacemakers were a requirement and did a quick drive-by of one of the wonders of the world. (We’ll get a closer look in paradise)

The adventure continued to the tourist town of Bath. What an OLD, cool town. The town made up from 1st century Roman rule featured amazing architect and an underground hot spring. When the Romans invaded the Brits (about 40 A.D) they discovered and took over this hot spring. They made it a first century spa resort. Complete with saunas, hot and cool pools and massages they had it made. Of course centered around pagan god worship, who knows what disgusting things happened here. You will see in the picture that Rome had made a statue of all the Roman rulers of that era. The first being Julius Caesar (not pictured). It was nice to mediate on how these must’ve been the same rulers who Jesus and his subsequent disciples had to have “dealings” with.

On the way back to Portsmouth, we found a way to sneak up on, for all you Downton Abbey fans, the Highclere Castle.

Tuesday June 25

Packed up early and headed to the Seven sisters cliffs off the southern coast of England.

After dropping the car off, we jumped on the train to London and walked our butts off before finishing the day with some delightful fish and chips and a beautiful Guinness.

Buckingham Palace
Look at that gorgeous young lady! The beer doesn’t look so bad either.
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