2010 jul 17 - 20u 50min 08s

It’s been a couple of years now that I travel to Cologne with a bunch of friends for the BMX Masters. We usually leave with a couple of cars Thursday morning so we can ride a bit before the masses arrive, but this year I couldn’t make that departure. I only got Friday off so the only choice I had was to take the train Thursday evening after work and meet up with the rest of the group in Cologne. Usually travelling by train isn’t so bad. I do it all the time. And we have a direct Thalys line from Brussels to Cologne that if you book early even isn’t that expensive. Great! I couldn’t make the last Thalys though so I had to take four different smaller trains and in stead of a relaxed ride of about 3 hours, I jumped from one train on to the other for over five hours. But I did eventually get there and that really is al that mattered to me.

Unfortunately all good things come to an end. The summer here in Belgium is already over a few weeks now and everybody’s moody and grumpy again it seems. Although I understand them and would love a bit of sunshine and few degrees warmer weather again myself, I think we can’t really complain since we had some really good days this summer. Get over it all of you!

It was also the first summer since I left school which meant I had only a few days of vacation this time and I had to spend them wisely. First trip of the summer was to Cologne, Germany for the BMX Masters. A week later my brother and his girlfriend and I went to Paris, France for two days to celebrate our birthday. And I finished off in Zarautz, Spain for two weeks of surfing and partying. I had a blast and took some pictures here and there so I’ll be sharing those in the next couple of weeks.

Enjoy the last days of sunshine if you still have some!