Ok well I'm finally here!!! all of my travels went well paid 200 dollars for the bikes so that really sucks but do what you gotta do. almost had to pay 125 for a 3rd bag but was able to sweet talk the check in lady and she checked my wheels for free cause tsa were being douches. first flight was awesome was in the middle section with 5 seats but only 3 people showed up so i sat in the middle with 2 seats on either side can you say jackpot. Met a really cool guy named Brian Fusco so had a great person to talk to for a lot of the flight. it was great to meet someone who was interested in what I do. had a short layover in dc then caught my next flight to brussels window seat near the exit row so that was good a good bit of leg room decent food to we got 2 meals 1 dinner and a breakfast. got into Germer brussels airport and somehow all my baggage showed up which was a huge relief customs was a breeze somehow i made all my trains almost missed one but i was able to throw everything on the train and make the 1 hour trip to Oudenaarde where i was picked up by holly the wife of gregg Germer who runs the house i am staying at. If anyone is looking for a place to stay in belgium check out thechainstay.com great place awesome location in flanders right near the Koppenberg. got to the house did a little bit of unpacking and then went to the store to buy some supplies got all the food i needed minus speculoos which i picked up today. (love it) unpacked and built up the bikes and everything looks good for pre-ride of asper Gaver tomorrow.
today I woke up at 8 am which wasn't to bad considering I had been up for over 30 hours I was dying at the end having a real hard time staying awake. but when i woke up i kinda just relaxed in the house and surfed the internet with Holly. at about 12 I went out for a ride along the canals that run from town to town. then i got back into town and headed for a bit in the other direction about 2 hours total legs where definitely heavy but felt better towards the end. stopped by the flanders bike shop which is a cool local place saw some of the local pros who race for sunweb projob not something we see to often in the states. got back home and took a quick shower then relaxed for a little bit rode to the store on the other side of the town center and picked up some speculoos spread and cookies if you don't know what that is just think of the best thing you have ever tasted and multiply that by 1000000. had a sandwich for dinner and watched the movie waiting with gregg and holly funny movie.
Thats about it for now time for bed was able to stay awake for 15 hours today so looks like im handling the jet lag rather well ill try to post a link to my video that includes the town the house and a portion of my ride
later
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