Jon, Cyndi and Bill were off to the races. Read more on CyclingNews
here and
here. The TV coverage of Jon was best in the second race. They showed him as usual at the start and since there was a crash at the start that kept most of the pack together longer, there were a couple of good shots of him. Then they highlighted his big crash and when he was lapped by Sven near the end and stayed behind him till he was waved off at the finishing straight away. Jon was not as thrilled by that coverage as he showed us the long livid scrape on his leg from the crash. He said if he had not stopped when he heard the roar of the crowd building up, as riders are to get out of the way of a faster bunch coming through, and kept racing hard, he could have been through the finish before Sven turned the corner and would have avoided getting lapped. He also did not like it that the results looked like he was second to last at 27th when there were 40 starters. This picture from CyclingNews shows Jon looking strong behind a guy who did not finish.
The children and I did the Saturday Market in T'Zant Square. Leah and I just read that this square was used for jousts and tournaments in Medieval times. We just bought candy (Leah's allowance), and cheese. We then went off the the T'Zant Cookie Cafe. It was packed as usual, but the front table (best for us) was newly vacant. Leah had her usual waffle and Axel had pancakes. He fell asleep in the stroller from over-engorgement almost as soon as we were out the door. We then shopped heavily in the stores along Smedenstraat, as we are paranoid now about running out of some crucial food item on Sunday when everything is closed.
Sunday we took a picnic to the Speelplein in Astrid Park, but it was so cold we only stayed about an hour. No other children were there.
Posters are out everywhere for all the Christmas activities this place is gearing up for starting on November 23rd. There was even a band headed for an event in the Berg today, but we were too cold so we went on home.
The children and I did the Saturday Market in T'Zant Square. Leah and I just read that this square was used for jousts and tournaments in Medieval times. We just bought candy (Leah's allowance), and cheese. We then went off the the T'Zant Cookie Cafe. It was packed as usual, but the front table (best for us) was newly vacant. Leah had her usual waffle and Axel had pancakes. He fell asleep in the stroller from over-engorgement almost as soon as we were out the door. We then shopped heavily in the stores along Smedenstraat, as we are paranoid now about running out of some crucial food item on Sunday when everything is closed.
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