Bonjour! I can’t believe we’re in Europe. Some might think I’m crazy for updating the blog while we’re over here, but it’s been raining on and off and since Derek is away at his conference I don’t want to be out and about all day by myself. A lot of our readers might just want to scroll down to our pictures instead of reading my ramblings of our experiences…just a heads up!
Here we go……….so the flight wasn’t all that bad. We flew into Atlanta and then from there into Brussels, Belgium. The flight into Belgium was 9 hours and I think I must have slept most of the flight because I don’t remember a whole lot about it! I know I watched a movie and ate dinner, but that’s about it. Even though I got a lot of sleep on the flight, the jet lag, change in time and lack of sleep the day before definitely has taken a toll on me. We both crashed around 2:00pm the first day and slept until 4:00. We’ve been getting back to our room around 8 or 9 and I always fall asleep as soon as we get in……..this would be around 2pm or so back home. I’ll sleep for a little while and wake up around 2 or 3 am and not be able to get back to sleep. UGH! Hopefully, I’ll get rested up enough to be able to go to sleep and wake up at the right times while we’re here.
DAY 1
{Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium}
We arrived in Brussels at 8:30am, got our manual car, and headed to Antwerp. I note manual car because I cannot drive a manual and it has been a LONG time since Derek has driven one. Being in an area that we aren’t familiar with, tiny roads, crazy drivers, etc on top of being rusty with the stick makes for, well, a headache……some stalls, lots of jerking, you get the idea. We didn’t actually get to Antwerp until noon and by the time we finally figured out the parking we were ready to eat. Being overwhelmed, mainly with the language barrier, we ate at…..McDonalds! haha.
Here we go……….so the flight wasn’t all that bad. We flew into Atlanta and then from there into Brussels, Belgium. The flight into Belgium was 9 hours and I think I must have slept most of the flight because I don’t remember a whole lot about it! I know I watched a movie and ate dinner, but that’s about it. Even though I got a lot of sleep on the flight, the jet lag, change in time and lack of sleep the day before definitely has taken a toll on me. We both crashed around 2:00pm the first day and slept until 4:00. We’ve been getting back to our room around 8 or 9 and I always fall asleep as soon as we get in……..this would be around 2pm or so back home. I’ll sleep for a little while and wake up around 2 or 3 am and not be able to get back to sleep. UGH! Hopefully, I’ll get rested up enough to be able to go to sleep and wake up at the right times while we’re here.
DAY 1
{Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium}
We arrived in Brussels at 8:30am, got our manual car, and headed to Antwerp. I note manual car because I cannot drive a manual and it has been a LONG time since Derek has driven one. Being in an area that we aren’t familiar with, tiny roads, crazy drivers, etc on top of being rusty with the stick makes for, well, a headache……some stalls, lots of jerking, you get the idea. We didn’t actually get to Antwerp until noon and by the time we finally figured out the parking we were ready to eat. Being overwhelmed, mainly with the language barrier, we ate at…..McDonalds! haha.
By the time we got to our hotel in Brussels, we were ready for a nap. We woke up with barely any sunlight left in the day so we basically saw Brussels nightlife. We didn’t really care much for it. In fact, on several occasions we both said we would never want to live here or be stationed here (at NATO). We will admit that it is fun to see and experience though. After walking around and getting lost over and over again we finally found our way back to the car and went back to the hotel. I have to say, by now, Derek is getting to be pretty decent with the stick shift. We haven’t had nearly as many people honking at us. [Derek says this is a lie. There was only one person that honked at us]
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