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1333 days ago
Sorry, This post may be a bit choppy and poorly edited as I’m running low on connection time and battery power – I’ll come back and edit it later adding links and such. Again, I apologize. Wednesday was a bike race – which was the reason for being in Belgium. The race was from Deinze to Wevelgem. However the race is called Ghent-Wevelgem. We stayed in Ghent the night before and the night after. Ghent is a really great city if you get the chance to visit and I think Belgium is my new favorite country in Europe - having previously been Ireland. There are similarities that I don't have time to get into now. The night before the race, I was walking around trying to find info on the start and I walked past a laundr-o-mat and saw two guys inside with bikes and one was wearing a CSC cap so I figured they'd know. Turns out they were from Los Angeles CA. One is a bike messenger and one is a wheel builder for Easton. I spent the evening ...
1333 days ago
Connections aren’t quite as prevalent as I’d expected. Sorry for the delay, I haven’t been able to connect. I’ll post more shortly. DATELINE: Sunday, April 2 nd , 2006 So, this is springtime? For the past week the skies have been trying to make up their minds whether to rain or snow. Leaving for dinner last night, we walked out into a snowfall of the largest snowflakes I’d ever seen! Naturally, Will and I tried to catch them in our mouths and after a few missed attempts – it was windy too – our faces were soaked. At the restaurant and looking out of the window we noticed the flakes getting smaller and smaller as dinner progressed to dessert and finally when we left it was raining and all of the snow had turned to slush. And because of the gravel that is put down on top of the ice on the sidewalks, it’s a nice muddy slush. Springtime in Finland is much like a snow day in Seattle – but it lasts for a month. ...
