Paris to Belguim 16/8-18/8

We left the van park on Verneuil sur Seine on Sunday. We enjoyed staying there as it was quiet and cheap, the only thing lacking being a washing machine. We headed back to Versailles to check out the palace after some great morning tea at our local Patisserie (mmm croissants, eclairs, flans, cafe espresso) but unfortunately arrived at what seemed to be the peak time, it looked as though the queue would be taking well over an hour just to get the ticket before joining a second queue to go inside. As it was pretty hot by this point we decided to give it a miss and headed out on the motorway to Belgium. We arrived in the early evening without incident and have found a good van park not far from where our next music festival is to take place. We are booked in until Sunday night which is a relief. Kirsten is not really keen on camping in a tent anymore. Something to do with a belly getting in the way. Staying here means we can use their facilities as well as use our supplies for breakfasts in the van. We are hoping to hire a bike each to ride to the festival site as it is about 5kms away. That way we can leave the van in the safety of the park and not have to worry about it getting broken into or vandalized by festival punks. Not that we've had any issues so far but now that the van starts we have to be paranoid and stressed about something. In other news it looks like Moscow is off the cards. Due to us not being in the same spot for long enough, organising the 'official invitation' as well as the visa would be a hard task. It may be a blessing in disguise as we will now have a bit more time to sell the van before we head to the US. We've organised flights to Vancouver from Vegas to visit our lovely friend Dara whom we lived with when we were in the UK in 2001. For now it is back to relaxing. We will be offline for a couple of days but will be back next week with a full report on Pukkelpop. Lookout!