Category Archives: Belgium

Where are they?…

… Is something happening? Are they ok?
To answer the last question first: yes, we are ok. We are currently in the south of France, in Sevrier at the Lac d’Annecy, after having checked out two milongas in Brussels (rue de Dublin, recommended, nice place, good dancers, kind people) and some wonderful days with our friends Flop & Robert.  We were really spoilt and could have stayed another week at least to rest and get ready, but then again, when are you truly ready? We are discovering that while on the road, we learn the most and we find out where we want to have what and how we want it.
Think of shopping – how much food?, what kind of food?, we have a cooler, not a fridge, no left overs please! -, cooking, unloading the car, transforming it into our bedroom – where do we put the surplus stuff?, on the roof rack?, under the car? -, laundry, keeping the blog up to date, oh yes, and what about all that sightseeing we were going to do and the books to read, languages to learn and fun things to do?

Up til now, it has been a time to find our bearings, rest, and discover our rhythm. We are not there yet, but getting there. Every day we have a little bit more time to tackle something extra. Towards the end of the journey, we’ll be masters:)!

What have we been up to last week

Our first week on the road… still in the comfort of private homes and company of friends. We arrived in NL on Wednesday morning to meet up with Mariska and spent some lovely time over apple pie of Dudok in The Hague followed by finding the Iranian embassy closed (although not mentioned on their website and having had the day organised around their opening time between 14h and 16h), then joining Marlies, Jaap and Teun at Van der Valk in Nootdorp. What a match NL-AUS we enjoyed while having dinner and chit chats! Overnight in Nijmegen at my parent’s place, where we emptied the whole car. My goodness what had we all taken for this journey!
We hadn’t had time to put the chest with car parts and tools on the roof rack, nor anything else, so all was inside of the car. We are planning to get it all up on the roof when leaving Paris next week Monday.
Unexpectedly we made a return journey on Thursday to the Iranian embassy in The Hague again, with waiting time of 2.5 hours! We met some lovely people, millener, mathematician, researcher of apps on the human psyche etc. who were all on their way to requesting their visas. Mine would be ready by Monday.
A flits good bye to my family while on our way to the wedding of Renske and Mark. A delightful day, happy, emotional ceremony and a lot of dancing at the party. Saturday a family reunion; brothers, sisters, cousins of my father and their children and children’s children. It was an exciting day of meeting new people who are family. With all our trips to The Hague, we are now very familiar with the A15, the A12 and the A4;). We had a wonderful stay with Vera and Ab, with goodbye wave to friends in Amsterdam, after which we continued our journey to Brussels where we are currently. The Grand-Place and Manneken Pis have received our visit so far, as well as Bonsoir Clara to celebrate Helle’s birthday together with Hanne.
Tonight we’ll check out a local milonga.