Belgium Kerstperiode

December 2023 - January 2024

Courtney, Brian West, Zach Bender and myself are going to experience the best cyclocross racers in the world battle it out in the muddy fields of Belgium. Read more

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Belgium
Netherlands
United States

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Flight5,139kilometers
Train94kilometers
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- Day 9
- Dec 30, 2023, 1:40pm
- ☁️ 50 °F
- Altitude: 30 ft
- Netherlands Berriekreek 51.284027, 4.05157251°17’2” N 4°3’6” E
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World Cup Hulst
December 30, 2023 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Took the tram to the bus and hauled ourselves to the Netherlands. The off cambers and walls of Holst are huge in person. The racing today was top notch with really good battles further back. We got our beer, frites, and chicken burger and setup across the moat from the giant run up. We were on the fence with a view of the racers 4 times during a lap, bonus that we could see a screen of the livestream. Finishing the day off with a Tripel D’Anvers and dinner date with Court and Bender.Read more
Traveler Super cool photo!
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Traveler Wow!!
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Traveler Only girl in line? Does she get to go right to the front?
12/31/23Reply
TravelerWe wish! No chivalry at the beer line 😂
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- Day 10
- Dec 31, 2023, 10:35am
- 🌧 46 °F
- Altitude: 43 ft
- Belgium Het Brugse Ommeland 51.205263, 3.2249851°12’19” N 3°13’30” E
Bruges
December 31, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 46 °F
Off day from races. Got up early and spent the day in Bruges. Gruuthusemuseum, De Markt, 2be Bar with the wall of beer. What an amazing city! I recognized many places from my visit in 2010. We got back to Antwerp and bar hopped until we called it a night be make it to the race the next day. We only made it to 11 but who cares. Happy new years!!! 🎊🎉🇧🇪Read more
TravelerGreat photos (and memories). We are enjoying your trip! Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year! 🍻
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- Day 11
- Jan 1, 2024, 9:58am
- ☁️ 45 °F
- Altitude: 75 ft
- Belgium Balenberg 51.002728, 4.76752351°0’10” N 4°46’3” E
X2O GP Sven Nys
January 1, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
This one was tricky. No info in English about transit details and the train showed closed. We jumped off at the closest town, walked a couple of miles to a cafe and got the day started. Normally we can follow the flow of people in mud boots but we were early today. We ran into volunteers who took us to a shuttle we never would have found and everything was good. Duck hats were acquired!! Rumor has it the crowd was twice as big as usual at this race. Complete mudder. We got home and started packing up for the train to Rotterdam in the morning.Read more
TravelerLove the hats! 🐥
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- Day 12
- Jan 2, 2024, 12:04pm
- 🌧 52 °F
- Altitude: 20 ft
- Netherlands Rotterdam Centraal railway station 51.924313, 4.46969251°55’28” N 4°28’11” E
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Rotterdam
January 2, 2024 in the Netherlands ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
Packed up and on to the Netherlands. I got some chips that they named after me. Amazing how different the architecture is here. Big sky scrapers and modern feel very different to the 3 story historical buildings in Belgium. It was raining sideways with constant wind over 25mph. 🌬️First stop was our house boat…which felt like it was going to blow away last night. Wind gust of 70mph. Then we went to Markthal and the famous Cube Houses.Read more
Traveler Duh!
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Traveler Well that’s super cool!
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Traveler Stop it! You’re taking way too cool of photos…Corcoran is going to be jealous!
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- Day 13
- Jan 3, 2024, 10:41am
- ☁️ 50 °F
- Altitude: 26 ft
- Netherlands Spoorweghaven 51.907333, 4.49910351°54’26” N 4°29’57” E
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Day in Rotterdam
January 3, 2024 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Weather has been pretty crud but the sun peaked out for a couple of photos. We checked out the canals and boats before breakfast. Later we went to the Euromast. Great views and glass floors. We hiked over to the Depot Boijmans. It’s an art depot that also is a museum. Of course we stopped at the famous Santa Claus statue. He’s known for the unique item he carries.Read more
Traveler What is that little guy holding? 😬
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Traveler Great photo again!
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- Day 14
- Jan 4, 2024, 2:24pm
- ☁️ 46 °F
- Altitude: 7 ft
- Netherlands Amsterdams Historisch Museum 52.370693, 4.8907552°22’14” N 4°53’27” E
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Amsterdam
January 4, 2024 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Dropped our bags at the hotel and took a hike in Amsterdam. We didn’t realize we would have so much time and the main attractions were already sold out. We started at the Moco Museum. Really cool house turned gallery with modern artist, Banksy, Keith Haring, Warhol, Koons. We walked the courtyard through the Rijksmuseum and on to the Begijhof. Found a hole in the wall to fill up on beer and worked our way to the Royal Palace Amsterdam. After that we checked out Anne Franks house and had dinner across the canal at Café Wester. It was a good day.Read more
Traveler Interesting.
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Traveler That is super cool!
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Belgium Kerstperiode

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World Cup Hulst

Bruges

X2O GP Sven Nys

Rotterdam

Day in Rotterdam

Amsterdam