Day trip to Brugge

Matt and Leah Rozeski visited us from Milwaukee

and we did a day trip to Brugge and the Belgian Coast

The Dallmann's do Belgium, and a few other Countries

Pam and Doug brought Allison with them for a 10 day vacation to Belgium and we had a great time. Sad to see them go as usual, but they have a new greenhouse to open.

To all you friends and relatives, this is their third trip over here, some of you have a lot of catching up to do.

The American Cemetary at Henri-Chapelle, 7992 American boys at rest from the Battle of the Bulge.

The antique markets, sometimes we visited two or three in a day.

Brugge, a very pretty medieval town in Belgium.

Going to the Champagne region of France we had a wonderful day stopping in at all the Champagne houses to "test" their drinkability. Us girls were talking pretty smart by the end of the day.

Pam shows how to drink a demi-sec the American way.

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A Big Snowfall

We got snow the week after Christmas and it actually stayed for almost a week, as snow seldom stays here more than a day. It got very cold during the week also, which made things very difficult, as the trains didn't run, and roads were terrible. The snow was kind of a nice look, although i didn't care for the cold, and I had to listen to Randy swearing about his friend Al Gore all the time.

It was so cold that the canals froze over for the first time in almost 50 years, and you could skate from Brugge all the way into the Netherlands. Both Brugge and Brussels have Christmas Markets around skating rinks in the Grand Place in the centre of town. Here is some of the skating at Christmas about a week before the cold weather came.

This is the Christmas Opera light and sound show at the Grand Place in Brussels.

SPRING BREAK 2008

Tracy and Dana came to Belgium with their friend Megan for Spring Break. We did a lot in 10 days, but it's sad to see them go back.

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