Another first ... to mummy's old place

We took Al on his first ferry trip for a weekend back in Brussels to introduce him to a few people ... and to see the main sites (Woluwe shopping centre and Delhaize supermarket!). It was a flying visit so we didn't see many people but we'll hopefully go again for longer in the new year sometime. We stayed at Vicki's flat in Folkestone the night before the ferry crossing, which was a treat but also quite entertaining! We picked up her key from her friends and got into the building no problem ... getting into the actual flat was a bit more tricky as the lock had broken! Vicki's downstairs neighbour was a real hero ... he came out as I was feeding Al on the stairs and welcomed us in like long lost friends, making us tea and having a chat. Clive got hold of the friends who had given us the key and they came round to get busy with the broken lock. Eventually they got us into the flat and hopefully by the time Vicki got home they will have fitted her a new lock too!

Once we got to Brussels we saw a few friends, shopped (yay!) and went to Elita's Zimbabwean event where we ate sausage made from goat stomach ... not surprisingly Elita only found one butcher in Brussels who could provide her with the stomach to make them. Actually maybe the surprising thing is that she actually found one butcher to do it!

Our only photos were of Al having his lunch on the boat, a nice one of Claude and then a couple of blurry ones taken with my phone. Looking forward to a longer visit next time to see more people (and fit in more shopping!).