BELGIUM

One week on and we are in Bredene on the Belgian coast near Ostend. Good opportunities to try out our bikes on fairly flat terrain and loads of cycle paths. Pauline who was not confident on her bike is now zooming off like Mark Cavendish whilst I am holding the "lanterne rouge".
Everything working in the van except the TV which we have given up on at the moment.
A bit of Belgian stereotyping: Belgians smoke a lot of cigars (men & women); they also favour bushy moustaches (mostly men); they drink strong beer at all times of the day and it is a bit incongruous to see the vagrants drinking super strength lager which is about half the strenghth of what the rest of the population drink.
By next Sunday we will be in France having spent a few days in Maastrict.

More then.