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Sat 03 Nov 2007
Alarm woke us up today at 4:20am. About 5 hours later we were in the Netherlands. It was only a 40 minute flight, but the cheaper flights meant using Stansted airport. We arrived on-site at an event called Knick Knack. There were about 40 people at the event, almost half of which were toddlers and children.
During the day Steve got out and did some fighting...

Jen played some board games, had a go at Nalbinding, painted a small gameboard, and invited the shire of Polderslot to a game of Tierce... which was fine until two of the kids fell over and started crying. *sigh*

Some of the people at the event:


Sun 04 Nov 2007
In the afternoon after the event, we had a good 6 hours available for sight-seeing in Belgium. When in Belgium, why not have a Belgian Beer? (at Tor Dolen castle, with our guide, Bertrik)

...and sample some Belgian chocolate.


We stoped in to look at some roman ruins and this lovely village centre....



Tomorrow is officially Guy Fawkes night - but many fireworks were let off tonight. It was really the most amazing sight to fly over east England with fireworks going off everywhere, as far as the eye could see, for a good half hour as we flew down to Stansted airport and back home.

Mon 05 Nov 2007
This week we're both working hard and long hours at work. There were loads of fireworks going off tonight (Guy Fawkes night) in every suburb. By the end of this week we're both feeling a bit worse for wear.

Fri 09 Nov 2007
Today Jen files a claim at the small claims court - against our ex-landlord who refuses to return the deposit money (bond). We have nothing to lose doing this, and are expecting our day in court sometime next year, unless he caves in the meantime. On a lighter note, we have Edith and Nick over for dinner and overnight because...

Sat 10 Nov 2007
It's Nick's birthday and we all go to the Re-enactor's fair near Coventry. It was fantastic! Edith and Nick each bought a pair of hand made medieval shoes, and various bits n bobs. The prices were quite reasonable on most items, and completely outrageous on others. We spent just over £100 for all this:

Here are some of the stalls we drooled over:





Next, we drove to nearby Kenilworth to check out the local castle. (Jen stayed warn in the car and had a nap to sleep off a potential migraine)


Finally, we got home and had dinner together and watched "The Matrix". Here's Nick cutting his birthday cake.



Sun 11 Nov 2007
Steve does some hand sewing for Jen, and the dishes (yay!), while she hacks and coughs and tries to get better.