Belgium: Days 1, 2, 3, 4.5 (Partial Post)

Posting from Gent, Belgium.
Day 1
Travel
A stressful day it was, last Thursday.
I had to shake off a hangover, pick up the motorhome, get a bitchin' haircut, pack a cooler, etc.
The motorhome waited at Kuklics while I went to TC Salon on Tilghman to have the mullet carved and....colored.

Yeah, that's right. The flag of Belgium riding my neck. Awesome. The top and sides you can't see from the photo are shaped into a euro style fauxhawk.
My neighbor, Trooper Johnny, was kind enough to drive the motorhome to the airport for us. Clutch move on his part. Thanks John! We had several beers en route and were dropped at the international terminal. Everyone had passports, etc, so no bubbles, no troubles.
Hooked up with the wife in the terminal and had a few more beers then boarded the plane. Long ass flight where I slept only about 45 min. That Ambien did not work for $hit.
Got to Brussels and all of our luggage was there. Nice. Thru customs and on to the train. Prior to boarding we needed some lubrication. Stella pounders and Hooegaarden cans.
Checked in to the hotel and started our adventure in Gent.
We drank on the cobbles next to the canal. People Everywhere on bikes. Everyone rides a bike here. Grandmas, grandpas, 4 yr olds, cripples, lepers, everyone.
Solid drinking day. Drank all sorts of 10% beers and got real banged up. Matt A. could probably tell you which ones. All of them were supurb.

Gotta go...Heading to the Ridley plant for a tour and dinner. This does not suck.
I leave you with this: Cobble section 2 at Flanders: Uphill 4%ish grade. Fastest Tour of Flanders ever.





More to come!