Stayed in ; Roelmond, Bruges,
Namur, Eupen, Antwerp
Winter in Belgium is just as cold
as in Tokyo.... surely so.... normalement,...
but this period was quite abnormal. Furious cold
weather took over
Europe , temperature went down below -10's, (many
homeless people
lost their lives , I heard) snow covered all over the
nation and remained
for several days. roads were all frozen. I stood
alone like a fool in
Amsterdam airport, with my packed bike in my arms ,
asking to myself
"What the hell am I going to do in this
snow-covered land?"
Snow went on falling for next few days. I strayed
from town to town by train,
in search of place with less snow. Barely I could do
some day-ridings ,
around Bruges , Namur-Dinant , and a few more.
It was depressive experience , but I don't regret it.
and I would say ,
bike touring in winter is not so crazy at all, if
only the weather is not so
crazy like that !