Our most recent trip (September 1st) took us to Assen NL to watch stage 1 and 2 of
Vuelta a Espana. We loaded up the car and went for a little road trip.
Doing a road trip in Europe is quite different than the states. To start with, we drove down to Kent UK and took the Eurostar train accross teh channel on what is known as the
"chunnel". You simply load your car on a train, then the train goes through one of the longest underwater/graound tunnels in teh world. When you come out the other end, you're in France!
From there we drove to a small town called Hardervijk in Holland. I had worked/stayed there about 15 years ago and it had changed a lot yet had the same charm. When we arrived it was rather cool and a huge thunder storm was rolling through. Next day we drove to Assen to watch stage 1 of Vuelta a Espana at the local Assen race circuit. Stage 1 was a TT and was quite crowed. Weather was a mixed bag and dry for the beginning but heavy rain soon make the track wet and slippery. That night we stayed at Hotel Assen and went into town to watch the start of stage 2. It was raining quite heavily but started to clear just after the start.
That day we drove on to Brussels Belgium and stayed at
Le Meridien Hotel. Brussels was a pleasent surpise and dinner that night was one of the best so far in europe! We also made it to a little bar with over 400 beers!! Brussels is a must see city and there is simply too much good beer, food and chocolate to experience in one night: we'll be back!!
The next day we drove back to France and this time took the Ferry home. This was a pleasant way to go but obviously not as fast as the trian.
