Tall Timbers: Our New Base Camp

Monday we left Brussels to head out to our new base camp in Rollegem for the next 8 nights. We are leaving a pretty small room and one banging Euro buffet breakfast. We totally busted up the Ibis Hotel for all the croissants, danish, ham, cheese, fruit, sausage, and cereal you could eat in a seating. The challenge of getting to the train station with two bike cases, 4 pieces of pretty big luggage and two backpacks got pretty fun once you added all the stairs we had to go up and down. But, we made it to Kortrijk. A minivan taxi just happened to be waiting outside the train station. The only thing missing was a ray of light shining on it from the sky. We stuffed it to the absolute max and made our way to the Bed and Breakfast.

We didn't really know what to expect with our new place. We knew we weren't in the city anymore and didn't have the luxury of walking 50m to get whatever we wanted. It turns out our new pad couldn't get any better. The owner is totally into cycling. He even has a trophy shelf from all the bike races he won. There is a garage for our bikes and our cases and our place is more than twice the size of the room in Brussels. As much fun as you might think it is for two 6'4" guys to cram into a 10' x 10' room with all their bikes and luggage, the extra space was welcome. The owner is the nicest guy in the world. He makes us authentic Flemish meals that are out of this world!!! One of these nights he's gonna treat us to some pigeon. We got caught up with some laundry and relaxed a bit. Woody and I are off to find the Kemmelberg on Tuesday.