Bonjour, wait, what happened to days 18 through 26? Well, I’ve been on vacation which means I really don’t have deadlines to meet, and my days are spent mostly enjoying those vacation days. Fitting journal, blog, video, and reviewing and posting pictures into the schedule just must take a back seat.                   If you have viewed […]

Today I am hoping for a more fun bike ride experience. Yesterdays Amstel Gold bike race started in today’s destination town. Again, not a very big drive, only about 35 km, half an hour plus traffic time in Liege. I have no expectations about Maastricht, having never been here before. None of these small towns […]

It’s a Sunday in the Nederland’s in the spring, I wonder what we should do. Maybe we should hop in a rental car and do a short drive to a scenic smaller town, walk around some and see if there is anything exciting happening. Yes, sounds good, let’s do it.                    Claim the car from the […]

We have had two lazy days, yesterday (Friday the 19th) because of significant rain and cold weather partnered with packing for our exit from Liege and then today (Saturday the 20th), a drive from Liege, to Brussels, drop our luggage at our one night only hotel, return the rental car to Budget and then mill […]

Time to move from our lovely Lille accommodations to a big town I have never visited. I picked Liege as it would be close to the last two races we were planning to watch, plus, it’s an undiscovered area and we have a rental car to get us there and around the area. Before arriving […]

Today is unusual because we plan to visit a town for the second time, Ypres, or Leper. Depending on the language you speak. It is a wonderfully scenic town plus I am determined to find and ride the Kemmelberg cobbled climb. I found a Ride with GPS route that is labeled Kemmelberg Short, must get […]

4th in a series of bike races we get a chance to attend and partake in the crazy Belgium Spring Classic fever. This race is named Brabantse Pijl, Brabantse being a region of Belgium.                    We are staying in Lille and with that we have a rental car for transport making getting to places, including races and […]

We are on day 19 of our adventure and the weather has really turned “soft”. (Yes I am a few days behind of blog updates) We endured major winds and torrential downpours while driving yesterday, huge winds, downed trees and power lines, traffic jams on the highway, hail, we got the full experience and today […]

Day 10, uggh! I’m paying for my Arenberg day today. My cold is back in full swing, 2.5 hours of hard riding took a lot out of me. Today I was planning to drive back to the Forest, hang out at the entrance, have beer and frits, and watch the big screen for most of […]