Car Free Sunday

Today is the annual Car Free Sunday in greater brussels. Every road within the Ring (about the size of 440 in Nashville) is off limits to cars. It is however open to busses, taxis and a few categories of special groups of car tags. It is very quiet on my street today!!

They drive absolutely everything here from tiny little scooters that don't require a license (sound like a weedeater); to a BMW scooter (pass thru for the legs, no straddling) with a full roof, front windshield and back window; to motorbike's with a V8 engine and a grill that looks like the back of a refrigerator (Boss Hoss).

Then there are Smart cars (can't believe just how tiny they are until you see them in relation to other vehicles); trikes of every kind, motorized and not; and elderly people EVEN drive the hoover-round type wheelchairs ON the roadways....

...Did I mention that drinking beer here is like drinking tea back home?  What a trip!

Full Cupboards

You just never know where blessings will come from next. A couple of weeks ago I met a nice couple who've been here for about several months. They were kind enough to call and ask me to dinner, as well as offered to take me to a local American military commissary. MAN! What a difference in how I feel being here!!

It was my first opportunity to get outside the city for the first time, and I finally have food in the house. I even have soft white Wonder bread!! I got transformers so my own electrical things will now work. I got a bicycle tire pump and some tools to put my bicycle back together. How wonderful!!!

Makes me feel almost human again.