Another country

Well, after a weekend of fantastic weather in Amsterdam, literally the best I have ever had in Europe, it was back to business as usual, crap in Rotterdam. Wednesday I made it down to Antwerp finally. I am in an old hotel right near the center of the city. I am just amazed at the narrow, cobblestone roads that run every imaginable way. It is not as busy as Amsterdam, but I was walking around in a torrential downpour so maybe that kept people inside. I did the Belgian dinner of Frites with Mayo. I got a small but after that, I was done for eating anything else. I also hit an Irish Pub for a beer beforehand. It is kind of strange, I am surrounded by dozens upon dozens of places to eat, and I could not pick one so it ended up as fries with mayo. I can only think of it like when I used to go to the movie rental place without any idea of what I was looking for, just ended up walking block after block, past perfectly suitable restaurants and I end up eating fries. Well, at least they were very tasty fries. On the way back to the hotel I stopped in a corner store and picked up a bottle of Leffe', a bottle of Westmalle Dubbel, and a 1.5 Liter bottle of coke zero for the room. The three items came up to 5.5 Euro. Now, that is a bargin because at home that amount of dollars would get you either one of the beers in a bar, certainly not both and a big ole bottle of coke as a finisher. That may become an issue somewhere down the line. I also watched the first five innings of the Phils game on the Slingbox. I still don't know how they do it, but I thank whoever they may be for allowing me to remain sane over here.
I guess that is about it, tomorrow it is apartment search time and then the weekend. I think I am going to end up doing some exploring this weekend, after all, what else do I have to do??
That is it for now, I am sure there will be more frequent updates ramping up...