Now back from a fantastic Easter week trip to Belgium. Stayed with the wonderful Winslows again (they truly are the hosts with the most) and also caught up with Tania, Ned, Nadia and Sophia. Was so good to see everyone.
We had a lot of fun, including a gorgeous day trip to Leuven - Beligum's version of Oxford/Cambridge (about which we appropriated the McDonald's theme song), as well as jam-packed days exploring Brussels and Antwerp. Good friends, good beer, good waffles - who could ask for anything more. Wacky highlights included hearing "Auld Lang Syne" by roaming musicians, not once, but twice - which of course warmed the hearts of us UVA grads who broke in to the "Good Ol Song" in the middle of the Grand Place in Brussels, finding the Albert Einstein of Beer at the Kulminator pub in Antwerp, and trying a Condomus beer in Leuven (Ned suggests it should be followed by a Pilsner, ha!).
Tomorrow (Friday the 13th, yikes) I head off for my 8-day Ireland adventure. Wish me the luck o' the Irish in driving on the opposite side of the road.
Cheers!
