October 11th 2006
Last few days
We have been doing many things before we lock up the house. H is putting the finishing touches to the kitchen - tiling and plumbing. As for me, I am clearing up the garden, the house and packing our bags. We don’t expect to come back to France for 3 months.
We leave Friday by car with some household things and some French products like cheese, wine and honey. These three are what we are going to miss in Belgium. As to bread and cakes, luckily, Belgium makes them as good but not better than France!
Our trip which will pass through Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg (and finally Belgium) will take 1 1/2 days because we will sleep on the way at an autoroute stop. We are used to sleeping in the car with seats reclined and all windows covered with curtains. Like France, all autoroutes stops of these 3 countries are well-equipped with showers, toilets and restaurants. Next day, we take our breakfast and lunch at some village highlighted on the map. (In a road map, towns and villages that are highlighted in yellow means they are recommended for tourists). This is our joy of travelling, saving money on hotels but enjoying good restaurants!
We will go straight to a furnished apartment which we found and rented through the internet.
So there you are - I will update you of our life in Belgium!
