The story: Don't buy batteries at a flea market. Glittens, yes. Ugly sweaters, sure. Bananas, perhaps. But NOT batteries. Kristen bought me a pack and those stupid AA delinquents messed up my camera and it's making scary noises and I think I might have to call a young priest and an old priest to sprinkle holy water on it.
The moral of the story: Don't by batteries at a flea market. Deja vu. (Go ahead, say it. I'm unoriginal.)
The point of the story: Nothing. No, wait. It's that my posts will be solely text-based (ho-hum) until I can A) fix my camera or B) buy legit batteries. It's funny, ya never realize how much illustrations enhance a blog until said illustrations cease to exist. Hope you don't get bored to death in the meantime. I don't have blog insurance. And I'm not liable for any lost or stolen items. Just so you know.
The point of this particular post: Okay, on to the good stuff. This is a quickie because I'm off to class in a few minutes. So my sister Kristen and my aunt Barbara left this morning. Their flight is at 9:20 in the morning and they're arriving in America at around 11:30 in the morning. I just love time travel. To the Delorean!
It was so fantastic having them here. I was concerned that it would be blind-leading-the-blind-eqsue-I-love-hyphens. Ended up pleasantly surprised by how quickly I re-got my bearings.
Recap: We toured Antwerp the first day and had a delicious dinner back in Brussels at a charming joint called "Raphael."
Sunday we went to the super flea market (*shudder*... batteries... don't remind me...). Had some yummy drinks at a place near my house called "Monk," then ate fantastic Chinese food (essentially, Belgian's own version of China Town is just around the corner from my house... thank goodness, too).
Monday we toured the upper part of town-- Palace of Justice, Royal Palace, Museum of Fine Art, the Park, a positively wonderful statue garden, and whatnot. Monday night we had a home-cooked meal, beautifully prepared by Kathleen and the homegirls (hah... literally!) and we all chatted about this that and the other thing.
Tuesday I took them to Bruges! Hooray! The trip went well, but it was uncomfortably cold so we didn't stay or wander as long as I would have liked. That night we went to an Italian place where the dishes looked delicious but were incredibly bland. I reaped all of the leftovers. I'm going to dump cloves of garlic all over them. MWAH!
Of course, I was sad to see them go. They made me wish all of you were here as well.
*SIGH*
See how boring my posts are without photo accompaniment? Sorry if stuck around this far. That's some intense suffering. You masochist!
I guess the good news is Kristen took about 34,418,129.05 fantastic photos, so as soon as she posts them, I'll perform some sweet ninja acts and post some up.
Weekend agenda: AMSTERDAM!
Got to dash off to class. Leave your message at the beep.
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4 comments:
Funny thing (happened on the way to the forum)<---hahhaahwell this is like a forum..lois and clark what?
wow...ok...didn't go to bed til 3am and still have glorious Absolute in my system.
What I ORIGINALLY wanted to tell you was that when we were in London our host teacher said do not by electrical things here...such as BATTERIES, dvd's, and something else. Batteries over on the other side of the pond are charged differently (?) even though it looks like an American Doracell....it's not. And DVD's just won't play because their players have different rotation speeds(?)
Why do I know this...i don't know.
Something amazing happened last night and i must tell you!!!! So maybe you could be around...or something.............? i like dots
glad that the fam had a great time travel brussels via Lo-tour-guide (i too like hypens...likin the dots more).
I can't wait to see you!!!!
<3 your reading rainbow
I really miss you. Good to see you're still having fun though. Do be careful in Amsterdam. I hear they have things there that are naughty naughty. Like mari-joo-wanna, and places where you can pay for sexual intercourse. OR... ignore my advice and go nuts. Just fix your camera so you'll have photographic evidence of what you did there. I don't suspect you'll be able to remember it otherwise. :)
re: my R-E-A-D-ing rainbow, laughed my butt off at the lois and clark comment. love the fact that you have liquor in your gut. thank you for the info on batteries-- the DVDs here do have different region codes- i was able to play a few in my laptop by switching said region codes. gotta figure out about those batteries though... otherwise me, an this blog, are screwed. i must hear amazing news!!!!! i'll be calling you either this week or next week via skype, i've decided. free for you, cheap for me. that's like the inverse version of a 1-800-COLLECT commercial or something... remember the good old days of pay phones? bizarre. i miss you little lady!!!!!!
re: grasshopper. LOL pot isn't naughty if it's legal ;) and yeah, the red light district... naked ladies hanging around in window displays and whatnot... intense. maybe i'll skip on taking photos of that area... i miss you!!
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