No Sunscreen Needed in Belgium, but the Lighting was Awesome

The area around Dinant is very rural and agricultural. Reminded me of Iowa, except a lot cooler temps.




Generally, we had high temps between 60-65 each day, making biking in jackets just fine. No sweating either. We're checking out some of the small villages just east and south of Dinant.

Dinant is a Lovely Town on the Meuse River

We thought: "try fitting your Hummer through this" and then watched as a tour bus squeezed through with fractions of an inch to spare. Was fun to ride through anyway.

Welcome to Ferme di Pirli, Celles, Belgium

Our converted and restored farmhouse was delightful, easily accommodating the ten of us, with a wonderful courtyard and great view of Chateau du Veves, just 200 metres away.


Our rental Passat from Germany in the courtyard. We loved it. Even with my relative leadfoot, we "only" went 90 mph, cars routinely sped by us at 150 mph, we got almost 40 mpg.


View of Chateau du Veves from our courtyard

Proof: CJ will drink a Budweiser

Assuming its the original from the Czech Republic and not the rice infected concoction pawned off on us as the "king of beers". The US Budweiser prohibits importing the real version into the US. So, you'll have to enjoy it there, or go to Canada. I guess they don't want people to do the taste comparison.

Beer: for dessert too

Take 2-3 scoops vanilla ice cream, add Maredsous 8 or another suitable Belgian double or triple. Enjoy! A nice stout or porter would also work well.

Hey, This Car Matches My Bike Shirt!

Yes, I've been a slacker here on uploading photos, but here we go. We'll start with a humorous ones first. This is from a Fiat 500 show in Chevetogne, Belgium.