Hi all,
It looks like SWMBO is going to get to do a 6-week teaching gig at a university in Belgium this summer. :rockin: She didn't want to take the job unless I would come visit. I thought long and hard about it for about a milisecond, and agreed to her demands (wouldn't want to stand in the way of education!). It'll be my first trip to Europe!
I'm going to try to spend two full weeks there (late July probably). She'll be teaching in Leuven 4 days a week, and free to roam the other 3 days. I'm fishing for "must see" ideas from anyone who's been there. I found olllllo's thread and it looked like he managed to a few things to pass the time. (From his pic's, I think I could spend the whole two weeks in the Delirium Cafe.... May have to buy a Coors Light there for the sake of irony).
Anyway, just starting to explore the opportunities there (beer related and otherwise) and wanted to see what others enjoyed/didn't enjoy on their adventures there. Was also wondering about language. It looks like English is accepted in the more touristy-type places? I'm going to try my best to learn at least a few basics of Flemish beforehand, but I think most of my foreign language brain cells either didn't get installed or were on the front line of the Great Beer War.
Thanks!
-jason
It looks like SWMBO is going to get to do a 6-week teaching gig at a university in Belgium this summer. :rockin: She didn't want to take the job unless I would come visit. I thought long and hard about it for about a milisecond, and agreed to her demands (wouldn't want to stand in the way of education!). It'll be my first trip to Europe!
I'm going to try to spend two full weeks there (late July probably). She'll be teaching in Leuven 4 days a week, and free to roam the other 3 days. I'm fishing for "must see" ideas from anyone who's been there. I found olllllo's thread and it looked like he managed to a few things to pass the time. (From his pic's, I think I could spend the whole two weeks in the Delirium Cafe.... May have to buy a Coors Light there for the sake of irony).
Anyway, just starting to explore the opportunities there (beer related and otherwise) and wanted to see what others enjoyed/didn't enjoy on their adventures there. Was also wondering about language. It looks like English is accepted in the more touristy-type places? I'm going to try my best to learn at least a few basics of Flemish beforehand, but I think most of my foreign language brain cells either didn't get installed or were on the front line of the Great Beer War.
Thanks!
-jason