3/21/05
We got up at 7:30 a and packed and showered. The bust to the airport came around 9:30 a. We got to the airport with plunty of time to spare. We were a bit afraid we would have trouble checking our bags this time because ryanair had a pretty strict weight limit policy on baggage. But somehow we got away with it!
The flight before ours was sent off late because 7 passengers showed up very late. The switched gates at the last minute so weveryone, including us, that had stood in line for a seat together were almost screwed because everyone at the very back on the line was now at the front at the newly announced gate. Somehow we ended up with a seat together YAY!
The flight was fairly short 1.5 hours to charleroi, Belgium. We got these combo bus/train tickets for Belgium for onoy 10 euro. We took the bus into downtown charleroi trainstaion and took a city train to Namur, Belguium. Namur was bigger then I was expecting but still was quaint and had some old world charm. We went to the visitors information office and quickly found out that the only hostael in namur was completlely full. Strike 1 Then we had them call the closest camping grounds in tNamur. Closed until mar 28! strike 2 So this nice guy, Andre3 that wes helping us called his friend Phillippe who works for one of the local sites. He agreed to meet us and take us to the campsite that was open in the area, in nearby malonne(4k ouside namur). Se we got to meet Phillippe at the other info place in Namur at 5:30 p. He didnt show and didnt show around 5:50 we discuss the possibility of him not showing up at all and plan to return to the train station to go to liege or Maastricht in Holland. Just then Phillipe drove up in this little truck! hooray for Phillipe! He agreed to take us to the camping ground, gear and all. So we got some groceries and met back up with Phillippe at 7 then went to the camp ground. The weather in Namur was fabulious! warm and sunny and dry. Camping again was a real pleasure. The people who run the campground in Malonne are quite nice. We were greeted by 2 huge dogs, but they turned out to be quite nice. We setup our tent and said goodbye to phillippe and gave him much thanks :) We made sandwiches for dinner, 1st real food that we had had all day. Then we turnd in shortly because we had travelled much that day.
The flight before ours was sent off late because 7 passengers showed up very late. The switched gates at the last minute so weveryone, including us, that had stood in line for a seat together were almost screwed because everyone at the very back on the line was now at the front at the newly announced gate. Somehow we ended up with a seat together YAY!
The flight was fairly short 1.5 hours to charleroi, Belgium. We got these combo bus/train tickets for Belgium for onoy 10 euro. We took the bus into downtown charleroi trainstaion and took a city train to Namur, Belguium. Namur was bigger then I was expecting but still was quaint and had some old world charm. We went to the visitors information office and quickly found out that the only hostael in namur was completlely full. Strike 1 Then we had them call the closest camping grounds in tNamur. Closed until mar 28! strike 2 So this nice guy, Andre3 that wes helping us called his friend Phillippe who works for one of the local sites. He agreed to meet us and take us to the campsite that was open in the area, in nearby malonne(4k ouside namur). Se we got to meet Phillippe at the other info place in Namur at 5:30 p. He didnt show and didnt show around 5:50 we discuss the possibility of him not showing up at all and plan to return to the train station to go to liege or Maastricht in Holland. Just then Phillipe drove up in this little truck! hooray for Phillipe! He agreed to take us to the camping ground, gear and all. So we got some groceries and met back up with Phillippe at 7 then went to the camp ground. The weather in Namur was fabulious! warm and sunny and dry. Camping again was a real pleasure. The people who run the campground in Malonne are quite nice. We were greeted by 2 huge dogs, but they turned out to be quite nice. We setup our tent and said goodbye to phillippe and gave him much thanks :) We made sandwiches for dinner, 1st real food that we had had all day. Then we turnd in shortly because we had travelled much that day.
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