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 […]

Read More Day 27, it’s all coming to an end.  

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 […]

Read More Day 18, Maastricht, a bike ride & crazy weather

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 […]

Read More Day 16, 1st full day in Liege. 

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 […]

Read More Day 15, drive to Liege and then some.

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 […]

Read More Day 13, Overijse & bike racing, riding. 

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 […]

Read More Day 12, Ypres or also spelled Leper.

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 […]

Read More Two fer day, Day 10 & 11, Kortrijk

                  This is going to be one of those big vacations that will have a lot of emotional variety. The concern I experienced during all the days and nights of planning and hoping all the puzzle pieces fit properly. Airport departures and arrivals with bike cases are always unnerving, I’ve never permanently seen items go missing, […]

Read More Day 9, Forest of Arenberg, and Lille

I would like to forget day 7 of this trip, my cold virus that started a few days ago has come into form. No energy, tired, congestion, scratchy throat, all the good things. Yes the pharmacy person was right, I should have been sleeping and resting instead of traveling to watch a bike race and […]

Read More Last two days in Brussels, Day 7 & 8

We are off on another rail and looks like bus adventure. Early rise today as we have many miles to cover before we camp out and watch more men’s and women’s races. The weather is still cool with the expectation of rain, of yea, just what I needs as I try to recover from this […]

Read More Schoten via Antwerp, Day 6 and the Schelderpris