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Petra and Peter Axt with Marilyn in town square, Bruges, Belgium
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Greetings from Belgium!
Marilyn and I had an uneventful trip from Nairobi and met up in Brussels with our dear friends from the Netherlands - Peter and Petra Axt. We traveled from Brussels to Bruges on Saturday morning and spent a wonderful day walking the city, having pastries and coffee, Belgian waffles with chocolate sauce, sampling Belgian chocolates, and doing a bit of shopping and general relaxing and catching up with the Axts. The weather was beautiful and we had a thoroughly enjoyable day visiting, and sampling local foods. The city is delightful and called the "Venice of the north" due to the extensive number of canals and river boats wandering through the center of the city....it actually reminds us very much of San Antonio's river walk. Petra served as our tour guide and took us on a tour around the city. Saturday evening we had a wonderful meal and some great fellowship time, followed by "chocolate pie"....then back to our hotel for some much needed rest. Our hotel has received a "4 star" rating, but certainly not on the basis of room size!...thankfully the bed was comfortable, and we were able to maneuver around our luggage (which basically filled the walk space along one side of the bed) to get into it. The shower, though small and compact, was heavenly!!...after struggling with low (or no) water pressure, widely fluctuating temperatures, and "trickle" rates in Kenya, I was very thankful for a real "first world" shower....not to mention having no worries about opening my mouth in the shower (and being able to brush my teeth with tap water)!! We are rapidly adjusting to a dramatically different style of living, and are preparing for our upcoming "re-entry" into the U.S., and Texas. We are sad to be leaving our Kenyan friends (and Netherlands friends), but are looking forward to re-connecting with our U.S. friends and family. Tomorrow we will be traveling by train back to Brussels, and will spend the rest of the day on a "hop-on, hop-off" bus tour. Tuesday will involve one last packing session, before heading to the airport for the last leg of our trip home. God willing, we will be home Tuesday evening, and should then be "re-connected" to the outside world. We are looking forward to talking directly to many of you for the first time in several weeks! Thanks for following along with us on our latest African/Belgian adventures.
With love,
Randy and Marilyn
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Belgian chocolates
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Saturday in the square, Bruges, Belgium
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