Anyway we are in Luxembourg. Not at all what I expected and VERY pleasantly surprised at what an amazing place this is. After spending time hitting city sights, must sees and attempting to taste every belgian beer ever brewed I was tired. I was able to finish off the Trappist list. 10 total I had had only 5. 6 Belgian, 2 Holland, 1 Austria, 1 US. Westvleteren basically unavailable unless you call 2 months in advance and go through a whole mess of rigamaroe. Well they say it is the best in the world. Is it cause most people will never taste it??? Well I certainly don't know how you could say that with everyone having different tastes and all. Imagine that. But it was good. Many of the beers I was fortunate enough to taste I probably never will again. Included pics below. Notice ridiculous prices some fetch. Enough beer geeking. In any case I also met an old inactive brother. 30 years plus to be exact. Long story short I went out with him and his brother who is a brother and had a great time but had a wonderful opportunity to get him thinking....
Was a wonderful experience for myself and him.
In any event we stayed up late talking a couple nights and so the break here in the country is very relaxing and different than the usual city scene that often happens with abroad travel.
At least for myslf there are places it seems are "must sees" which can tend to be tiring.
So we got here yesterday after meeting up with michael, annika, Jarmo and eila again in Brussels. We were together previously in Bruges together. So we were able to check out Brussels and then continue on to Luxembourg. We have not been anxious to hurry off to another city after the few we have visited thus far so enjoyed hiking these ancient trails where we pictured soldiers wielding swords and chain mail armour as they travelled from one village to another. Also saw a killer castle. Equipped with your state of the art twelfth century dungeon and torture chamber... EEKS, looked painful.
Well the family is having a great time.
Oh yeah and Missy sleeping on the floor...
I was mugged held against my will, tortured and after let loose from my captors.... I ran to the aid of my wife.
Actually I had no idea while I was wandering lost through the streets of Bruges that I even had the darn thing and by the time I realized it and saw the all on the floor waiting for me....
YIKES!!!
Seriously though i have had time to really laugh and visit with my family. My kids are hysterical and wife is amazing. What a family I have.
CIAO FOR NOW. Gonna get back to my gripping book about the real story of the mutiny on the bounty...
LOVE YOU ALL
Sweet bro. Looks great! BTW is Fat Albert
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