Sunday/Monday: Shifting in Space and Time

Packed up and left about on time on Sunday morning -- about 11am. Yes, the Arnolds actually left somewhat on time.

Drove to Phily, where we met up with the Bachelors' parents, who drove us to the airport.

The flight was not very full, so we had some room to spread out. Mom and I (Ken) tried to sleep early, but the other guys stayed up watching a movie. It was hard to sleep on the plane, but it was far better than if we had stayed up all night.

Paris CDG airport was efficient and clean, and got us to the TGV trains in good time. (The CDGVAL shuttle is tire-based after all.)

TGV to Brussels was nice, fast, and smooth. We all started to pick up some French. A little tiny bit...

Long walk from the Brussels train station to our hotel (Hotel du Congres). Next time we'll take the metro.

Nice room -- we immediately crashed for 2-3 hours (1-4pm).

Then out again: we visited a cathedral and the Grand Place. We stopped for dinner at an Indian restaurant, then found some chocolate and ice cream.