Category Archives: Belgium

Brussels to Dendermonde – 35 km

”If it’s Tuesday, it must be Belgium” A 1969 romance/comedy movie starring Susanne Pleshette, Joan Collins and a plethora of stars of the time. It’s Tuesday and we mistime our departure from Brussels slightly and ride with the rush hour … Continue reading

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Brussels Day Two

We utilize the metro today to save some walking. Metro systems all over the world are laid out the same way. Know your line’s colour code and end station. Decide where you are getting off and follow the signs. Works … Continue reading

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Brussels

More bike fodder. There is one particular electric  bike that seems to be popular with the kids in the Netherlands. It is an OUXI v8. Every Dutch town we stopped in had a dozen or more kids racing around on … Continue reading

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Leuven to Brussels – 31 km

Murray Writes: Flat??? Flat my ass! Today we rode from Leuven to Brussels. There was not 1cm of flat ground. Different gradients for sure, there were no 20%+ grades like the Muur, but up and down all day. Then I … Continue reading

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Antwerp to Leuven – 56 km

I wake up anxious today. We have spent two full days away from our bikes and today we are getting back on them. Why am I anxious? Here’s the story…. Riding into Antwerp was hard for me. A ways out … Continue reading

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Antwerp

Sorry folks, we missed yesterday. We were hopelessly lost and didn’t get back to the hotel until 9.30pm. We were on the way to the Jumbo supermarket and our friend got out her phone and Google mapped a route. It … Continue reading

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Bergen op Zoom to Antwerp – 40 km

Today we leave the Netherlands for a short foray into Belgium. But I have a couple of nagging comments about the Dutch. It is a culture of mini dogs. There are a ton of people out walking their dogs but … Continue reading

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Not Have Carry On Will Travel

On this day in 2018 we were riding our bikes through Denmark. I have been rereading our posts from the Denmark bike trip as, in a few days, we are heading to The Netherlands and Belgium with our bikes. Definitely … Continue reading

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