This trip to Belgium has been awesome because I have had
more time and ability to explore the area compared to most track trips. This has been possible because, first of all,
we have a few days between meets.
Second, Belgium has a sweet public transportation system, and I am able
to take the train to any city.
In between Gent and Ninove I spent an afternoon in Brussels
with a couple other runners who have met up with the Athletes In Action group I
am following around, David Jankowski and Julian de Rubira. We only got a quick walk of the center part
of the city, but we got to see Manneken Pis (statue of a little boy peeing),
Jeanneken Pis (statue of a little girl peeing), St. Michael’s church, the grand
square, and have a drink at Delrirum, home of 2,000 kinds of beer. I ordered a cherry kriek beer and some kind
of strawberry beer cocktail. I should
have ordered a Delirium tantrum beer though, because it has been voted the best
beer in the world, and some other Americans in the bar said they agreed with
that statement.
Jeanneken
Grand Square
Waffles
And Beer with Julian and Dave
Hi jamie! I was talking about the olympics to my best friend and she mentioned you! She turns out to be your cousin cheyanne! I've been reading your blog today and will continue to! Not quite sure if you made the olympics this year but I'm rooting for you for the rest of your career!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tony! I miss my little cousin. I did not make the London Olympics, but hopefully I will be there in 2016!
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