In Bruge

Bruge, Belgium

Herb and Jean are both 82. Herb does 80 regulation push-ups a day. I'm inspired.

You can't take tulip bulbs out of Holland.

I think about smuggling some bulbs in my underpants, but the Holland airport now does a "full body" scan of all travelers after the fiasco with the underpants bomber on Christmas Eve. We're on the same flight as the poor deluded fool who cooked his genitals on Christmas Eve.

Back in the USA, we have to march past dope-sniffing dogs. They pull about ten kids out of line from our flight that smell funny to the dogs....

Hey kids....be sure to wash those clothes in a laundromat in Amsterdam before you come back to the USA....

This is the Bell Tower in the Market Square that was featured in the movie.

Diamnond Heists and V-1 Bombs

Antwerp, Belgium

Here is the story of the clever Italian who used hair spray to make off with 350,000,000 euros worth of Antwerp's uncut diamonds.

Another little known fact is how Hitler rained 6,400 V-1 and V-2 missiles on Antwerp for no really good reason. Antwerp got more of these than London.

I can report that Belgian beer is very good.


We move to Bruge today. The cult movie, "In Bruge" piqued our interest in the city.


Only three more days and we fly out Sunday unless we decide to change our return tickets and stay a few months as elderly Eurotrash.