mastermags
Well-Known Member *giggity*
I found the British to be very polite when I was over there in November, but hey, Im going back soon... hopefully I won't be dissapointed.
Where the heck are Doug and Kristie?
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Pictures!
Well Kristie mentioned that we haven't been anywhere interesting since the JC Las Vegas trip so we decided to go somewhere.
We haven't been to Belgium yet and the loads looked agreeable so we decided to take off after I got in from my last trip. My last leg was due to arrive at 1620 and there was a 1800 flight from ATL to Brussels, Belgium so it worked out quite nicely. Kind of weird running downstairs to the pilot lounge, throwing my stuff in the commuter room and putting on a sweater over my uniform pants in order to race over to the "E" concourse to check in for a flight! But it worked!
We left Thursday evening, arrived in BRU on Friday morning and departed sunday morning. A pretty quick trip.
Here are some pictures from the weekend: And I'm not going to give any historical perspective since it's just a short 'google' away:
Ahh, business elite cabin socks!
"Mannekin Pis" - the most famous statue in Belgium.
I'm trying to figure out what this guy's been staring at for the past 500 years...
Train station at Brugge, Belgium -- the Venice of N. Europe:
Rainy day in Brugge, but Kristie (jet lag free, BTW) is still having a good time:
Another view of Brugge:
Grand-Place in Brussels at night:
Statue for something near Centraal Station:
Ok, well, oh nevermind:
A Belgian waffle. Holy crap, one of the top five tastiest snacks on EARTH:
Mimes...
More mimes...
Park near the royal palace (or whtever it's called):
Snowboarding in downtown Brussels (yup, you read that right!)
The beer ROCKS in Belgium!
Gotta do the "standard"!
Just before pushback in BRU enroute to ATL:
Lunch over the Atlantic:
Brussels is truly a tri-lingual city. You'd hear people speaking in French, but then they'd transition to Flemish (kind of Dutch, but sounds a lot like bad German) but then if they still had problems speaking, they'd transition to English. BRU is primarily French whereas everything is in Flemish if you travel out to Brugge.
People are extraordinarily nice and it feels like a very safe town. The food is phenomenal because it's a mixture of French in some parts and Flemish in the other parts. You MUST have a real Belgian waffle, they're tasty and tremendously addicting.
March is usually in the 40's and drizzly but there weren't an overabundance of tourists clogging the streets either.
Well Kristie mentioned that we haven't been anywhere interesting since the JC Las Vegas trip so we decided to go somewhere.
We haven't been to Belgium yet and the loads looked agreeable so we decided to take off after I got in from my last trip. My last leg was due to arrive at 1620 and there was a 1800 flight from ATL to Brussels, Belgium so it worked out quite nicely. Kind of weird running downstairs to the pilot lounge, throwing my stuff in the commuter room and putting on a sweater over my uniform pants in order to race over to the "E" concourse to check in for a flight! But it worked!
We left Thursday evening, arrived in BRU on Friday morning and departed sunday morning. A pretty quick trip.
Here are some pictures from the weekend: And I'm not going to give any historical perspective since it's just a short 'google' away:
Ahh, business elite cabin socks!
"Mannekin Pis" - the most famous statue in Belgium.
I'm trying to figure out what this guy's been staring at for the past 500 years...
Train station at Brugge, Belgium -- the Venice of N. Europe:
Rainy day in Brugge, but Kristie (jet lag free, BTW) is still having a good time:
Another view of Brugge:
Grand-Place in Brussels at night:
Statue for something near Centraal Station:
Ok, well, oh nevermind:
A Belgian waffle. Holy crap, one of the top five tastiest snacks on EARTH:
Mimes...
More mimes...
Park near the royal palace (or whtever it's called):
Snowboarding in downtown Brussels (yup, you read that right!)
The beer ROCKS in Belgium!
Gotta do the "standard"!
Just before pushback in BRU enroute to ATL:
Lunch over the Atlantic:
Brussels is truly a tri-lingual city. You'd hear people speaking in French, but then they'd transition to Flemish (kind of Dutch, but sounds a lot like bad German) but then if they still had problems speaking, they'd transition to English. BRU is primarily French whereas everything is in Flemish if you travel out to Brugge.
People are extraordinarily nice and it feels like a very safe town. The food is phenomenal because it's a mixture of French in some parts and Flemish in the other parts. You MUST have a real Belgian waffle, they're tasty and tremendously addicting.
March is usually in the 40's and drizzly but there weren't an overabundance of tourists clogging the streets either.
Re: Pictures!
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Kristie enjoying a little Flemmish food in Brussels:
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She doesn't really seem to be enjoying the Flemish food; she looks like she is about to hurl...
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Kristie enjoying a little Flemmish food in Brussels:
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She doesn't really seem to be enjoying the Flemish food; she looks like she is about to hurl...
MrLeisure757
New Member
Re: Pictures!
Awesome pictures. I would love to go to Belgium, it looks like a really neat place. Glad you both had a good time!
Awesome pictures. I would love to go to Belgium, it looks like a really neat place. Glad you both had a good time!
Prospective_Pilot
New Member
Re: Pictures!
What is this place which you are standing in front of???
Cool pics......looks like u both had a very fun time!!
What is this place which you are standing in front of???
Cool pics......looks like u both had a very fun time!!
Re: Pictures!
[ QUOTE ]
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Kristie enjoying a little Flemmish food in Brussels:
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She doesn't really seem to be enjoying the Flemish food; she looks like she is about to hurl...
[/ QUOTE ]uhh... yeah.. i had to have doug take that picture off....
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Kristie enjoying a little Flemmish food in Brussels:
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She doesn't really seem to be enjoying the Flemish food; she looks like she is about to hurl...
[/ QUOTE ]uhh... yeah.. i had to have doug take that picture off....
Re: Pictures!
Well, the airfare costed $0, except for proably $40/head for taxes entering the US.
And our immigration people do their best to screw up my passport every time...GRRR... If they can't stamp it in the correct part, don't stamp it at all!
Well, the airfare costed $0, except for proably $40/head for taxes entering the US.
And our immigration people do their best to screw up my passport every time...GRRR... If they can't stamp it in the correct part, don't stamp it at all!
Mr_Creepy
Well-Known Member
Re: Pictures!
0$? NO FEES? You didn't even pay the $14 customs fee? The TSA Security fee?
Wow things have improved at Delta.
In 2000 I jumpseated on Delta from Munich to JFK, it cost me $14 in Munich and customs charged me $7 in JFK. I was returning a day early from my sim training and it was well worth the $21 to get home early.
USAirways charged us small fees for international travel as well, something like $7/leg. Also, "Envoy" class was $75 upgrade (unless you were Must Ride, in which case they upgraded you if there were seats left.)
0$? NO FEES? You didn't even pay the $14 customs fee? The TSA Security fee?
Wow things have improved at Delta.
In 2000 I jumpseated on Delta from Munich to JFK, it cost me $14 in Munich and customs charged me $7 in JFK. I was returning a day early from my sim training and it was well worth the $21 to get home early.
USAirways charged us small fees for international travel as well, something like $7/leg. Also, "Envoy" class was $75 upgrade (unless you were Must Ride, in which case they upgraded you if there were seats left.)
PhotoPilot
New Member
Re: Pictures!
Your Grand-Place and Mime photos are EXCELLENT! Looking for a second career?
Your Grand-Place and Mime photos are EXCELLENT! Looking for a second career?
