We are staying in the home of Frank, Kathleen, Sari, and Rani in Antwerp, while they are suffering through the biggest heat wave Portland has ever experienced in our non-airconditioned home. Meanwhile, the weather in Belgium is cool and pleasant. Their cat, Morske, is very glad to have people around. The fish don't seem to care except when we feed them, but the chickens greet us vociferously and even laid us one egg.
Here is our Antwerp abode. I'm telling you, if you want to travel, home exchange is the way to do it. It keeps our costs very manageable and gives us a comfortable home base from which to explore. Plus, we know we have responsible people looking after our home in our absence. We used www.homelink.org, but there are several good home exchange companies on the internet.
There is a huge, lovely park near our place. We walk or bike there frequently. Tonight, we're hoping to find the open-air concert and the food stalls that Kathleen told us about. As you can see, even in Belgium, Grace and Gloria remain . . . themselves.
Though our home schooling efforts have dwindled quite a bit with summer vacation, we do make attempts to get a little school work in. At least, that's what they are supposed to be doing.
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