Westende, Belgium

Belgium is awesome, in one word. I arrived here Wednesday after a long flight and was exhausted but the train ride to Brussels and then to Brugge kept me awake as cities and the country side went flying by. It was of course cold, windy, and raining that day, exactly what I expected, so to finally see it and realize that I’m finally here felt good.

We are at an apartment in Westende which is in the north right along the sea. It is a bit weird to be in Belgium and to be on the coast but it is very cool. Here it’s a little more touristy and lacks the old style towns we ride through everyday which although are very close. The riding is awesome. Small little back roads along with the canal paths are some of my favorite. The one major difference between here and riding at home is that you better stay awake as you’re very close to everything whether it be cars, traffic furniture or shrubbery. Yesterday we rode through some awesome towns including Vueron as well as Brugge which is very sweet. It had narrow cobbled streets with tons of shops and café’s with people milling about and riding their bikes everywhere. Something you never see in America. Hopefully we’ll get to spend a bit more time there.

Our first race will be tomorrow although I’m not sure if it will be my first race here. I’ve been battling a muscle strain but hopefully with a few position adjustments will heal up quickly. I’m a bit lax in taking pictures so hopefully I’ll start taking some more and get a few from the other guys. Thanks for reading.
~Adam