From 71273df16f33978023d375642141f4773d2b586b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pim van Pelt Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:26:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Monday, drive to Nancy --- content/blog/wk8day1.md | 77 ++++++++++++++++++- static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1346.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1347.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1348.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1349.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1352.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1354.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-17/IMG_1359.JPG | 3 + static/img/headline/mayanwarrior.png | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1346.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1347.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1348.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1349.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1352.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1354.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-17/IMG_1359.JPG | 3 + 16 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1346.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1347.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1348.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1349.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1352.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1354.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-17/IMG_1359.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/headline/mayanwarrior.png create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1346.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1347.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1348.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1349.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1352.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-16/IMG_1354.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-17/IMG_1359.JPG diff --git a/content/blog/wk8day1.md b/content/blog/wk8day1.md index 9627693..7001f84 100644 --- a/content/blog/wk8day1.md +++ b/content/blog/wk8day1.md @@ -1,7 +1,78 @@ --- -title: "Week 8, Monday:" +title: "Week 8, Monday: Brussels to Nancy" date: 2024-09-16T21:55:00+02:00 -draft: true --- -{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/todo.png" alt="Credit: " >}} +{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/mayanwarrior.png" alt="Credit: Mayan Warrior, YouTube" >}} + +We had a great night's sleep in Andrew's guestroom in Brussels. At about 10:00 we got out of bed +(finally!) and did our morning ritual. The coffee was a _Moka Pot_ this morning and it was really +strong, and therefore approved. Eimear made a few croissants, which I do not think were qualifying +as _Gipfeli_, but they helped with the overall wakeup process. + +At around 11:00 I asked if the group would like to eat spaghetti, which is perhaps for some a +strange breakfast / lunch, but for Marina most definitely is not, and she immediately knew what I +was looking to book: [[Pee Klak]](https://www.indepatattezak.com/)], which is ironically named _In +de Patattezak_ (English: In the potatobag). It's ironic because you can only order three things +there: Spaghetti with Bolognaise, or with ham/cheese sauce, or with seafood. And you can order this +dish either 'hüge' or 'smøl'. + +A&E had never heard of this place before, but when Marina used to live in Machelen, it was a very +common destination. Back then, every chair in the place was different, and people would be lining up +for several blocks to get their desired fix of pasta and bolo [also, back then: spaghetti with or +without sauce, that's the choice]. The group quickly convinces itself this is worth an effort, so we +grab the car -- fully charged at this point -- and make our way up north to Stroombeek-Bever. We get +there at a cozy 11:57 and there's already a few folks ready to enter. At a few minutes past (this is +not Switzerland, after all), the door opens, and we're quick to sit down, touting our reservations! +Not five minutes later, thirty or more people are sitting at their tables, it's as if they emerged +out of thin air. + +We order the pasta, and it's served mere minutes later: when you only serve _one dish_, it's really +easy to prepare ahead of time. It was godly, and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole bowl. I can tell the +others did, too, because after fifteen minutes, most of it was inhaled. We gave up our table at +12:30, belly full, on cloud nine, and made our way back down to the apartment to drop off Eimear and +Andrew. What a lovely time we had, thanks guys!! + +We however, need to be on our way back to Brüttisellen. We could likely do this in one day, but +we've purposefully decided to do a slow trip home and relax a bit after this weekend of partying. So +we punch _Nancy_ in the navi, and there's a little Ibis Budget almost next to the supercharger +there. We also get to visit _Luxembourg_, a quaint little country between Germany, Belgium and +France. + +In the car, we get a DM from Quinn who has phys-ed today. He is not happy and the selfie shows it. +We, however, are plenty happy so we send a dual-selfie back from the car. I'm wearing some nice +yellow shades (meant for night driving), and I think it makes me look like _Walter Sobchak_ in [[The +Big Lebowski](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715)], a classic movie that Marina, to this day, has +flat out _refused_ to watch. Tsk! + +We arrive at Luxembourg and it - of course - has a Supercharger in a huge shopping mall. We park the +car in the mall, Marina is upset that we have to pay for parking, but I am actually quite pleased. +There's a whole battalion of v4 superchargers here, so we plug in and go shopping. Of course we go +shopping :) and we get a little bit of dinner for tonight. We plan to just hang out at our totally +basic Ibis Budget, watch TV, and eat cheese and sausage and breat with butter, and drink iced tea. +It's a good plan. + +Apart from a little bit of traffic as we roll down the A31 from Metz to Nancy, things go pretty well +for us. We arrive at the hotel at about 17:30, check in and see our cute little room. We always have +been punting on watching that "dramatic" tête-a-tête between Harris and Trump, and we +decide that now is a good time to catch up on our internet memes: American politics. What a +veritable shitshow. Politics in general has degenerated so much in to slander, lies and ad-hominem +attacks. This was no different, and I can't say I was impressed with either candidate. It's a good +thing I do not have to vote :) But, the food was delish, and at 22:00 or so we turned off the lights +for a good night's sleep. + +## Pictures of the Day + +{{< gallery-category >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-16/IMG_1345.JPG" caption="Andrew and Pim hang out on the couch at @yourtch's place" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-16/IMG_1346.JPG" caption="We offer Andrew and Eimear a lunch at Pee Klak in Grimbergen (Stroombeek-Bever). Eimear stole it from us and paid while Marina was on the toilet - thanks again!" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-16/IMG_1347.JPG" caption="Pee Klak is well known in Brussels for his Spaghetti Bolognaise" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-16/IMG_1348.JPG" caption="We are chipper in the car driving down south through Belgium to Luxembourg" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-16/IMG_1349.JPG" caption="Arrived in Luxo city, there's a mall with a huge battery (heh) of v4 chargers. We get 110kW here, booyah" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-16/IMG_1352.JPG" caption="Driving from Luxembourg to Nancy there's a bit more traffic due to roadworks" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-16/IMG_1354.JPG" caption="Our spread for the evening - cheese, sausage, bread, tomato, olives. We watch the presidential debate. I'm thankful there will be only one of these ..." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-17/IMG_1359.JPG" caption="Marina bought these totes adorbs Pavé d'Affinois Mini (but I think they're rather Micro)" >}} +{{< /gallery-category >}} + +{{< gallery-modal >}} +{{< gallery-script >}} diff --git a/static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1346.JPG b/static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1346.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84d3f2c --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1346.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:f12b4fd2babba013939eba139a03e96d88fd50aca6f0d5c47d0736dd3419e979 +size 1902958 diff --git a/static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1347.JPG b/static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1347.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f40c23 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/fullsize/2024-09-16/IMG_1347.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:92fb11fe18e56b9b057a9cf36776f055a7e9f4b7599530b3a508ffd47a084b1e +size 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