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