Yikes!

The stress is building! Anyone that knows me, knows I nearly explode with stress before a trip. We actually have most things set to go. We just need a map, a new German translation buche and to make a single source of notes of things we want to see. Some new pieces of tech to make our trip more fun/easier: digital camera, phone, multi-charger. And of course we will have the handy-dandy Rick Steves and Belgian Beer Guide books along. We plan on posting on here daily when we can, so please read and post!

Now I just have to figure out how many shirts and socks to take.

Where are we going?

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It makes more sense on paper.

Countdown begins

The trip is coming up fast! I know I haven't posted much on it due to lazyiness, but for those not in the know, we will be hitting Amsterdam, Enchede/Alstatte/Ahaus, Brugge and Brussels. So lot's of Beer, Cheese, Chocolate, Frites and Waffles!

We will be blogging the trip here, so stay tuned! If all goes well, we will be posting video diaries!

MINIs for Tom

Originally uploaded by mauberley

More than 30 MINIs from Milwaukee, Madison and Chicago wish Tom well in Milwaukee. He's making progress, but being in a hospital is never fun, and it was a delight to be able to cheer up such a great guy!

The MINIs were lined up in the parking lot below the visitors lounge intending to spell out "HI TOM", but because of a lone car in the way ended up just gettting in HI and lined up the rest for him! He loved it!

Some photos from the event: ONE, TWO, THREE

Click here for info on Tom and his fight against Multiple Myeloma.

Ultimate Parking

Ran across this pic and just wanted to share it. Something you might be seeing more of int US cities maybe? Well, maybe not the parking on the sidewalk thing...

Missing

List of things I haven't posted:

Beer Dinner from February:

One of the best dinners we've had. Adam and the crew are amazing. Loved the pork bellies. The food was richer than we are used to and our tummies bothered us a little but it was worth it.

Beer School from March:

Bochs! Mmmm-mmm good!

MINI Drive to Lake Geneva:

I did add a video.. see below! Very fun!

Sugar Maple beer bar review:

Excellent selection! Right on route 15...

Trying Twitter... see how that goes.