As you may remember, last November, we began the process of landscaping our yard. Since then, we’ve had a new fence installed, the patio has been enlarged, more dirt was brought in to level things out.
A couple weeks ago, the landscapers came and killed all of the wild grass growing and seeded the yard with [...]
Every year, Brussels and most of the larger cities in Belgium have a car-Free day where people can walk, ride or skate around the streets with only the buses and taxis to look out for. It was an absolutely beautiful day so we took Marcus and our bikes on the train and spent a couple [...]
Thursday
After our wonderful evening at La Palme d’Or, we slept in until 11, then got up, packed quickly, checked out and headed to Nic’s father’s house. Many of Nic’s friends from all over Europe came down for the weekend to party. Christine and I had a great time. We met many new people and just [...]
Our dinner at La Palme d’Or was amazing. The evening started off with a leisurely walk along the waterfront to the Hotel Martinez where the restaurant was. The restaurant is up one level so we had to take the private elevator. Inside the elevator, a hostess was waiting to greet us and confirm our reservation. [...]
Tuesday
Tuesday morning saw us get up and get on the road at a relatively early hour. It was about an hour and a half drive to Monaco. On the way there, we saw a Bugatti Veyron. I’d seen this car on Top Gear but up close it’s even nicer. I was disappointed it passed us [...]
Sunday
We slept in (again) until 10. We had to rush to catch the breakfast buffet at the hotel. It wasn’t worth the rush. Oh well, at least it was food. Lyon (and many cities around Europe) have bike rental stations around the city. You pop in a credit card, pick a bike and keep it [...]
My friend, Nic, turned 30 a couple weeks ago and to celebrate, he had a group of friends join him at his father’s house in the South of France for a long weekend. Christine and I decided to stretch it out to a long week and drove down. We stopped in Lyon, Avignon, Cassis, Toulon, [...]