I'm going to Europe!!!

SpecialK · Post by **SpecialK** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:29 am

My friend Victor and I are going to be riding bicycles from Lille to Amsterdam, through to Denmark, and then a ferry from there to Riga. Plans include drinking the finest possible beers, partaking of any and all wonderful pastries and cheeses, and generally foffing off. Anybody in the vicinity? Xtian? DG? This is probably my once in a lifetime opportunity, so what should I absolutely not miss?(and I'm not talking about architecture.)

Post by **DerGolgo** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:41 am

This is where I'm usually to be found:
51°29'22.17"N
7°12'22.96"E

Not quite on your route, but I'm open to suggestions regarding a meetup.

xtian · Post by **xtian** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:38 pm

lille to amsterdam ? can you see me? I'm standing there right on your line . (Brussels that is)

We got beers. lots of them and the finest.
we have a sofa and an extra mantras and I need an excuse for more beer.

xtian · Post by **xtian** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:39 pm

Did I mention beers ?

SpecialK · Post by **SpecialK** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:41 am

All right! I will definitely check you in Brussels Xtian. I fly into Paris on the 15th and will probably leave Lille something like the 17th. The timing of this whole thing is very loose, but I'll check with you when I get to the appropriate continent. As for you DerGolgo I still haven't been able to decipher your strange German address system, but a detour may be possible, I'll have to check with my friend when I get there as he's bankrolling this expedition. Big excitement time!

Post by **DerGolgo** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:03 am

I live in Bochum, in the Ruhrgebiet (the Ruhr area).
When you say you fly out on the 15th, you mean this month?
I have, by pure coincidence, most days available next week.

SpecialK · Post by **SpecialK** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:50 am

By the 15th I mean in fact tomorrow. I looked up your location and it doesn't seem too far off course, maybe 150 miles. I'll definitely be checking in with you guys after I meet up with my friend and sort out the itinerary a little bit.

piccini9 · Post by **piccini9** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:05 pm

Go to Brugge, I hear the downtown has many, how do you say, alcoves...

xtian · Post by **xtian** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:13 pm

Who told me about the foreign tourist who asked a police man in Brugge what was their closing time ?
- Lady, it's not a theme park, it's a city.

Just know that Brugge is a mostly pedestrian city. Lille is a very interesting place if you like museums.

dozer · Post by **dozer** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:30 pm

You must meet with the mad german and the other guy from that little country! My euro-travel plans seem to have gone to shit, so you do it for me. Wild party happening near Bordeaux on the 28th if you're in the area...

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:47 am

Fookin' Bruges!

SpecialK · Post by **SpecialK** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:53 am

So it seems that when you order coffee in France they serve it to you in a thimble. I'm a little concerned that if I accidentally order a small they may just spritz me in the face, or maybe just let me smell some coffee for a second. On the other hand I have now successfully order a number of biers, gotten ketchup, found bathrooms and am generally not falling on my face in the international relations department. Here are a couple of pictures.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:15 am

So, how's the trip so far?

EDIT:

I just found out that the downtown area of my town has been cordoned off. Which can only mean tomorrow is the last day of the school year.
Which means that from tomorrow till sunday, Europe's largest free open-air music festival will take place about half a mile from where I live.
Just as an FYI in case you're in the area, it's not like any bands you're likely to be familiar with will be playing.

SpecialK · Post by **SpecialK** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:16 am

I don't know, you tell me.

The trips going great. It turns out that when I got here my freind hadn't even gotten a bike yet so it's not really a bike tour. We've been hanging out in Paris which is cool. I went to the Louvre and got to look at some of Ralph Laurens cars.
http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/francai ... -de-l-2834
Unfortunately they were serious about banning photography so I'm not able to show you pictures of the insane 1931 Bently with glass float bowls, and huge supercharger hanging directly off the front of the crankshaft. Also I now want to do dirty dirty thigs to the Ferrari 250 LMN.

Right now we're getting ready to get on the plane for Riga where I'll be spending five days. After that part of the trip it's going to be train to Bruxel where hopefully I'll be able to meet up with Xtian, then Amsterdam.
So DerGolgo what's your general meet up radius? Is Brussels close enough? It seems like I can't convince my friend to go to Germany.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:21 am

Brussels is a bit out of my comfort radius, to be honest, if you're coming through someplace closer, I'd personally prefer that.

You gonna hit Eindhoven or Venlo?

In any case, I've got this weekend available, and then the next weekend, monday through friday is all work unfortunately.

xtian · Post by **xtian** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:13 am

Beers were had.
Thank you for the evening.

I just had a hard time getting out of the hotel when the clerk asked and I told him I only visited someone, don't know their name or room number and not sure about the floor level

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I'm going to Europe!!!

I'm going to Europe!!!