Just an update

Well not much happened last week, but this past weekend was busy. I went by train to Ghent with some co-workers. It was 80 degrees or more, and it was beautiful! Our train ride was standing room only, but we later found out there had been a previous train "accident" and passengers were being re-routed - don't know what the accident consisted of, but arrived to Ghent safely. Another beautiful, historic town. Had a great lunch and then went for a canal boat ride, just lovely. Only bad thing about it was the narration was in Dutch/French, so none of us understood a thing!!

Sunday was the annual "No Drive" day. The only cars allowed on the roads were taxis. Very neat concept. Just thousands of bike riders, walkers, roller blading and segways. There was an "eco" festival in front of the Royal Palace, so we basically spent the day there. It had the feel of a county fair, lots of food, exhibitions and just time for family/friends. It was wonderful.

Last night there was a celebration of a grand opening of a new business center, not from from the Royal Palace and the Grand Place. Beth and I went down to that, and boy were we surprised! They know how to do things here. There were dancers, ballet, the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, singers, a piano player, too much to try to describe here. I took about 800 photos, so hopefully one or two will come out!! I was lucky in where I was standing, right next to the "runway" they were using for the dancers and other performers. They had all kinds of fireworks during the program and the grand finale was fantastic. We got about about 10:15, so I was exhausted of spending a day in the beautiful sunshine and all the people.

Now back to work. Only two weekends left. Ready to see some American football!!! I miss everybody.