I really thought it was a joke. I heard that the Nobel Peace prize was actually awarded 12 days after BHO took office. He hadn't even warmed the chair in the oval office yet and already he is bestowed this honor. This jaw-dropping move by the...

Monday, June 29, 2009 Our flight leaves at 2PM. Big breakfast in the hotel followed by a lot of careful packing due to all the gifts we bought. Today is Linda's birthday but we'll be traveling most of the day. Linda did some more shopping at the...

Sunday, June 28, 2009 After a big hearty breakfast, courtesy of the hotel, we had the whole day free to do as we please. This is the last full day here in Europe and we decided to do some serious souvenir shopping. The first thing we noticed is that a...

Saturday, June 27, 2009 As you can see, Linda met up with a Viking who, fortunately for us, was friendly and did not brandish his broadsword at us. We joined our panoramic city tour at city hall square in the morning and saw all the important sites...

Friday, June 26, 2009 Since we had to be at the Brussels airport for a flight to Copenhagen at 10 AM and had to turn in our rental there, we had little time to linger in Hasselt. We left early enough but soon ran into rush hour traffic outside...