Route 99!
August 15th, 2008
Since it looked like the day was going to be nothing but sunshine (for a change) we dared to unfold our bromptons and leave the city behind. We had to bike through the centrum first (it was patersholfeesten) and then along the streets we never been to before – somewhere between Dampoort and Oostakker – before we got on the first fietsroute. We entered route 99 at a place where you could see three modern windmills standing elegant in a near distance. Where naked branches had taken over a rooftop.
A fantastic trip we had! Driving at ease and stopping few times for drinks. First stop at St. Bavo’s Hoeve in Mendonk. We saw people in kano’s sailing on the calm river and immediately knew this was something we were sure going to do a lot in the future. The place to rent the canoes is not far away from our new house. Het boshuis.
What we’re also gonna try out in the near future will be spare ribs à volonté in De Moervaarthoeve. Now we just had drinks at the terrace. There’s a lot to discover in that area it seems.
Yes, we also saw a belgian kangaroo on our way! He was hanging out with a bunch of bambis.
Our last stop (if we don’t count in the time i needed to poo and the religious rotary-clubbers place in Lourdes served as a fancy toilet) was at Hof ter Leydonck. I couldn’t resist anymore having seen people eating pannenkoeken all day long. So i ate one with farm ice cream..
It took us seven hours before we were back home. I mean, back in the street where our house number is fifteen. It was eight in the evening then.
We cooked a trout (forel uit de Ardennen) in the oven for dinner. On my advise S downloaded “Sugar me” by Lynsey de Paul (also found in youtube). The next moment we were admiring the mustaches of the guys in the Middle of the Road.
Some photos from the road: G-W
