Trav-ails! =D

OK, well, I'm going to give you a very, very...very brief tour of all ze tours that Travis and I did whilst he was in Belgium. Judging from his e-mails he's getting well and sloshed in German-land. Good for him. =)






This is when Travis first got here. While I was doing some other work, Travis took it upon hisself to blow up the air mattress. He nearly passed out, resulting in much hilarity. Well, from me, anyways.






This is the theatre group doing something at acting practice. As per usual, it looks like someone has fallen over and requires medical assistance. Travis took a picture to 'capture the moment.' This was on his first day here.






This is Travis at the Philosophy Party after acting practice. We stayed until about 1:30 in the morning. Travis had a good time, and a beer or two. While it wasn't a lot of fun, because, y'know, at a philosophy party people just stand around and look awkward even though the paid to get into a dance club, I still had a good time, and I was really gross and sweaty by the end, mainly because I was sick as 'o' dog that night, but it was still really fun for me and Travis, even if everyone else just stood around, being all 'existential.' =D This was also on Travis' first night here. I tried to tire him out so the jet lag wouldn't be so bad, but he was pretty full of energy the entire time.






This is me taking Travis all around Leuven looking at all the interesting things there is to see here...like statues! These people can't get enough of them! Anyways, we toured a lot of the nice cathedrals and had a very nice time overall. Genius, really, I felt like quite the tour guide...even if I couldn't remember what half the statues were called, and just called them "That really famous guy thingy that people always talk about here."

Yeah...maybe I'm not cut out for tourism.




This is me looking EXTREMELY excited to be in class on Thursday! =D It's a good thing Travis was there to take notes (he requested that I bring a notebook for him, and so I did, but I assumed he would be doodling, but, alas, that's what I did, and that's not what he did. *Grin*) or I would have hardly any notes worth keeping at all! =D No, seriously, this week of classes there were a lot of them cancelled, and a lot of them were repeat infos for me, so Travis was making some interesting comments like, "Gee, Brennan, I know this is all old hat for you, but it's really interesting for me!" At which point I said things like, "Well, as long as one of us is finding it interesting."




This is half of our tour guide, Phillip, who gave us a terrifically splendid tour of Brugge and also gave us the name of a very nice Flemish restauraunt where I could have Travis try 'real' Flemish cuisine. Phillip is a very nice guy, and we were on tour with an English family, so it was a pretty cozy tour, only five people, so not very 'touristy' but highly amusing. The English family was from Essex, and between the three of them, they were a riot. The mother was always trying to stuff the beer glasses into her purse when no one was looking, the father kept talking about how everything is much too small in Belgium, especially the beer, even if it is nice, and the daughter simply abhorred have lettuce (or 'salad' as she called it) on her sandwich and had to have her meal taken back twice at lunch time. It was like being on the set of the Osbournes, only less expensive.








This is just ONE of about a ka-jillion photos that Travis and I took while in Ieper. We visited all the cool cemeteries, and we had a really great time. This was our historical tour, and I think it really turned out well, overall. We were on a tour with some Dutch, English and New Zealanders. Surprisingly, the Dutch couple were the most talkative and the nicest to Travis and me. Although the tour wasn't exactly to scream about, I was really happy with it, and I think we got a lot for what we paid, so I'm pretty satisfied. =D








Lastly, we went to the Antwerp Zoo, which was AMAZING. THERE WERE GIRAFFES. =D =D =D I can't TELL YOU how much I jumped up and down like a five year old kid. (Although I'm sure Sarah and Travis can.) This is a picture of Travis trying to fit in with the local wildlife. I suppose it's especially relevant that he's wearing what I officially dubbed 'the explorer hat' while we were at the zoo. I tried to find Travis a new hat while he was here, but to no avail. I must try harder next time. =D


OK, there are literally hundreds of more pictures, but I have to go running at 8am tomorrow morning, and I need to sleep. So I'll talk to you all later. =D

Play is in six days. =)