We were so blessed and happy to have my long time friend Kim visit us in Belgium from Dodge City, KS. She has been planning a trip over here for the last few years to explore Ireland. When she found out that we were moving over here she added an extra week to her vacation so that she could spend it with us. We picked her up in Brussels last Tuesday and made a quick trip to the Neuhaus Chocolate factory so that she could get something to take home for everyone. After that we had to get back to SHAPE quickly because I had a softball game. On Wednesday we let her sleep in because the jet lag was finally catching up with her and she was wiped-out!!! That day I showed her our local post, we had lunch with Jer, went home and she taught me how to prepare some fab greek food and we attended one of Zane's soccer games (always exciting) before coming home and having a great greek dinner. Thursday Jeremy had the day off so we went to an abbeye about an hour away and we got to see how the monks there live. It was very peaceful and quiet (at least until Zane got there) and the acoustics in the chapel were soooooo amazing!!! On Friday we went to a local castle, but I'll blog separately about that. On Saturday we thought we would take her to Brugge to show her the sites. We had a book with a walking tour in it and it took us to all of the best parts of the city. The block shown is amazing and if I could show the whole thing it would show 6 different centuries worth of architecture. The details are amazing. While we were there we toured a brewery that had been in business for well over 100 years. They way they do things and the way they did things are very different. The tour covered a very big building and 244 steps (of which I had to carry Logie every one because he is clingy) but was very educational. When we had finished in Brugge we traveled to Brussels to stay the night so we could take Kim to the airport the next morning. While we were there I drove us down town to the Grand Place (which I'll never do again) where we went to the greek street for dinner. The last pic is of the greek street (there are also french, italian, belgian, asian, ect...) where you have numerous establishments to choose from and they are all fabulous!! She flew out early the next morning and is thoroughly enjoying 2 weeks in Ireland, but we are so glad to have her here while we did.
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