Have some pride!

We've moved on to Brugges in Belgium. Great town. And by the way, for all you Poway kids, I just ran into Jake Rosner! He's not coming to the class reunion. I told him I wasn't shocked, as I really hadn't figured he come when we graduated about 10 years ago!

Brugges is beautiful. The locals are great and have been very cool. We even hung out with one of the old gentlemen (Agustus) who plays Botchy ball on the square. He showed us around a little and gave some recommedations for places to check out.








The place were staying is a hostel...and not exactly the best one ever either. But it works. After a long day of travel to get here, all three of us needed a little therapy. Harris and I had our first really Belgian Ale and Kate did a little shopping. Grandpa Bill always called it "attitude adjustment hour". And he was right.







For the most part we've just been cooling our jets. There have been quite a few World Cup games. I almost hate to mention it, but the US got smoked 3-0 by the Czech team. There was a small (very small) contingent of Americans that we hung out with at a bar right next to the "we're not rooting for the Czechs, just against the US team" bar. Needless to say we had hoped for a better result. At one point things were looking bad. The score was 1-0 (5 minutes into the game) and the Czechs were dominating. At that point, Harris made the comment which has become a rallying cry for the entire trip. "Have some pride! Hey, we only need one goal! I'm mean, that's nothing! Don't forget that we walked on the moon!!! Everyone's spirits went WAY up and we were right back in it! Yeah, we did walk on the moon...one goal is nothing. The only bummer is that within another few minutes they Czech's hit another goal and the game was pretty much iced...thanks for nothing.

We've toured churches, the canals and hiked to the top of the Belfry over looking the square. We've seen works by Michelangelo, eaten Belgian waffles, and played futbol in the town square. We've eaten mussels/fries (local favorite), watched many a World Cup match and walked through the Baptistery where supposedly the "holy grail" was entrusted to the town of Brugges in 1152...I'm guessing that they didn't do such a good job watching it since...well lets just say that it's gone.



It's like Harris said...if having a good time is a crime, then I'm guilty as charged...oy.