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Ghent, Belgium
Saturday, Dec 16, 2006

Beers and Chocolates

David Murray
2007-03-04 10:21:26

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Another weekend was coming up faster than expected, and there was no way I wanted to be in London. We have plenty of other weekends for that so we did the only thing possible, we booked a trip on the train to take us and the car over to France, but we were not going to stop, Belgium was going to be our port of call. We were going to go for two nights three days, but Eurotunnel is very anal. They have gone into cahoots years ago with the ferry people, so unless you go for one night, the prices are sky high. We discovered this when we went to Normandy in August. A quick peruse of the website showed us that it was only 49 pounds, so we snapped it up and waited. Lucy caught a train to my work, then we jumped in the car and off we went. It didn't take long, and we were arriving at the gates for the tunnel. We went through the first gate and made our way through to the customs section. I don't know what it is about me, but practically everytime we go via car, we get pulled. Be it Lucy or myself driving, we were directed over for the stripsearch. Bonnet and boot were opened. Then it was our turn, clothes came off, and then I pulled out my trump card. Excuse me sir, in my best French, I am allergic to latex, that's ok he said, so am I. Skin on skin it will be. I would like to be able to tell you how enjoyable it was, but I don't really think you would want to know the gory details, but thankfully, old Frenchie, found the P spot !!!

Ypers

After a quick train ride, we arrived in France and hit the roads. It always is fun driving on the wrong side of the road, and not long after, we crossed the border into Belgium. Through the countryside we went, the old Commonwealth Cemetaries started to appear. It always gives me a feeling of pride in what they did nearly one hundred years ago. And then we pulled into Ypers. Car parked, bags dumped and we hit the streets. We had come here for the Christmas Markets and Lucy wanted to skate. Realistically, ...