Mai Tai Tom Stays On Track Through Belgium, Paris and Strasbourg Chapter Eight: Looking Carefully In Both Directions In Paris Day Eight: “Forever”, Now We Know Where To Stand, “That’s Not Our Hotel”, Hell On Wheels, Navigating Navigo, Red Lights Are Only A Suggestion, Trucker’s Route For Dinner, “Um, We’re […]

Mai Tai Tom Stays On Track Through Belgium, Paris and Strasbourg Chapter Seven: No Resting In Antwerp Day Seven: Tallest In Belgium, Lots Of Rubens, A Boy and His Dog, ManSpreading At The Castle, “It’s Closed Today”, Who The **** Is Thierry Jaspart, Come Back In 2030, Sweet Dreams Are […]

Mai Tai Tom Stays On Track Through Belgium, Paris and Strasbourg Chapter Six – Gotta Hand It To Antwerp Day Six – Spectacular Train Station, Gotta Hand It To You, Ripped Off, Construction Zone, Art House, Pressing On, Another Gutenberg?, The Masters, Don’t Straighten The Painting, Where’s Neil Diamond When […]

Mai Tai Tom Stays On Track Through Belgium, Paris and Strasbourg Chapter Five: Ghent Me To The Altar (Piece) On Time Day Five: City Of Bikes, Bravo Bavo, Take It On The Lamb, Hard Act To Follow, A Visit with St. Nick, Gravensteen Apple Of My Eye, Michael’s Bridge, Dinner […]

Mai Tai Tom Stays On Track Through Belgium, Paris and Strasbourg Chapter Four: Bruges Is Much More Than A Day Trip Day Four: Get a Room!, The Flemish Primitives, A Home Attached To The Church, Don’t Dust The Unicorn, Not Your Average Hospital, Losing My Cookies, Using Our Noodles, Topless […]

Mai Tai Tom Stays On Track Through Belgium, Paris and Strasbourg Chapter Three: In Bruges Day Three – Wandering Aimlessly, Canal Zone, Dodging Bicycles, Old Relics (Not Us), Skipping The Palace, Eyes On The Fries, Tracy The Terminator, Beer Break, Please Don’t Stand On The Cow, Marry The First Person […]

Mai Tai Tom Stays On Track Through Belgium, Paris and Strasbourg Chapter Two:  Underrated & Underappreciated Brussels Day Two: Under Construction, Corner Park, Meeting Our Quotient, Fight Fight For Old Notre Dame, “Miraculous” Boat Ride, Missed Waffle Opportunity, Ain’t It Grand, A Port In The Storm, Flower Power, El Bosco, […]

Mai Tai Tom Stays On Track Through Belgium, Paris and Strasbourg   Prologue: Another trip is in the books, and we successfully navigated throughout Belgium and France without many mishaps. Just like the great American folk singer Woody Guthrie (albeit we traveled on much nicer trains), Tracy, Kim, Mary and […]