Next time stay longer!!

After a lightning strike to Schwitz Al and Jenny arrive chez nous

A visit to the Grand Place, the old guild market

The Mannekin Pis is stark nekked in the cold, poor kid!

but Al uses the opportunity to test out the Scotchguard in his new hat!

A visit to the Rue de Bouchers for supper

Joanne waits patiently for our supper to arrive

While Al expounds on the magnificence of Swiss cuisine, not!

The moules arrive by the bucket

Then it's on to Marcus Mingus' for a late night of Jazz with the Fenster Quartet
 

After a light breakfast the happy couple return to the Vaterland!

On the 10th of September we met in Gent to celebrate Charlie the 5th's 500th.  After a couple of drinks of  his special brew we began to see four handles on each cup...

By one of the canals

Another canal

never enough sillyness

however, a visit to the dieselworks and a sample of number 1 seems to instill fear