Saturday, April 19, 2008

Brussels...


We traveled to Brussels on our way to see the Amstel Gold race in Maastricht, Netherlands. Full of beautiful architecture, a day of site seeing is barely enough time to appreciate all that the city offers. We walked to the famed city square that hosts the City Hall.

We also took a trip through the city to the Atomium, built for the 1958 World's Fair. It is a steel structure (335-feet tall) steel spheres connected together to create an atom magnified 165 billion times.

Finally, we made sure to try lots of chocolate and taste the beer too just to make sure we got the entire Belgium experience.






Thursday, April 17, 2008

food


This is Lyle's Golden Syrup. I never saw this until I got over here. It's used on pancakes or oatmeal just like Maple Syrup is. It can also be used to make baked parsnips w/seasame seeds. Yum!
I heard a joke the other day:
Did you know it only rains twice a week in Ireland?
Yup, Monday to Friday and Friday to Monday!
-Dale