Wow, I want your dearie's job--getting to go to Belgium for work! I have been to Belgium but not with a bike. It's alot like the Netherlands: flat, canals, cute.
If he's there in the spring and he likes European racing, perhaps he'll be able to catch one or more of the one-day spring classics, on the cobblestones even. I hope he has a wonderful time (and that you get to go next time!)
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02-01-2009, 04:26 AM #1
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02-01-2009, 04:57 AM #2
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I spent 10 days biking from Brugges to Amsterdam and all I can say is if you ever get a chance to do something like this run, don't walk to the airport. It was wonderful! Bike paths everywhere. We biked a lot along the canals and rivers. I felt like I was in Never-Never-Land. If I had time, and $ I'd go again in a heartbeat! Your husband is very lucky to get a trip like this. Hope he has a great time.
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03-07-2009, 09:56 AM #3
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Hey, I'm Belgian and i always use this site : http://www.fietsnet.be/routeplanner/default.aspx
You see a map with villages and numbers. You click on one of the numbers (where you want to start your route) and you draw a route following the numbers.
In the streeds you see signs with the numbers so you never get lost. You just print out your route and stick it on your bike. It's really handy if you don't know the area at all.
If he likes to join a group (mostly around 20 to 50 cyclists) he just has to ride around on saturday morning and sunday morning. They always pick up solo cyclists or people will just join him. Everybody speaks English (at least in the dutch speaking part of Belgium). So he'll be just fine.
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03-07-2009, 06:10 PM #4
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Thx so much papaver. It might make it a tiny easier if the site was at least in French or ..German (he can read bits and pieces of German since he was born in Germany.)
But international language of numbers helps alot too! which he will go by.
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03-07-2009, 11:41 PM #5
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It's a fairly new site, so give it some time.
Originally Posted by shootingstar
Thx so much papaver. It might make it a tiny easier if the site was at least in French or ..German (he can read bits and pieces of German since he was born in Germany.)
But international language of numbers helps alot too! which he will go by. They only started this type of routes this year.
If he's here in april he can go see the Tour of Flanders, and the weekend after that Paris-Roubaix.Last edited by papaver; 03-08-2009 at 01:07 AM.
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03-20-2009, 12:21 PM #6
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Originally Posted by papaver
It's a fairly new site, so give it some time. They only started this type of routes this year.
If he's here in april he can go see the Tour of Flanders, and the weekend after that Paris-Roubaix.
He'll be in Brussels in May.
One of the conference dinners (or luncheon) is at the European Parliament buildings.
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04-07-2009, 12:28 AM #7
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If he's there at the end of may, he definately should ride the Gouden Flandrien.
That's the whole Tour of Flandres but not so overcrowded as the one the day before the classic.
http://www.degoudenflandrien.be/
The site is in English.
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