On the Road

Hello everyone,
Mike and I are sending you this update from beautiful little Brugge. Funny, Dad, that you would mention Stillwater as being like Brugge, because we were actually discussing that today. There are an insane amount of shops here that can't really sell all that much (i.e. antiques and the biggest thing in town, lace), lots of restaurants and touristy shops, just like Stillwater. However, Stillwater doesn't have a swan pond. Mike and I amused ourselves there for quite a while this evening, watching the ducks try to eat the leftovers dropped out of the swans' mouths. I actually saw a duck fight, which was pretty awesome. The two mallards puffed out their chests and got in each others faces, and eventually one backed down.
As you can see, we've been taking it easy. We are both relieved to be in a hotel (family run) while we're here. We camped in Amsterdam, which was an experience in itself. The campsite had, among other things, goats and chickens. Not to mention cold weather and hard ground. But we had a good time, and loved seeing our Mac friends in the city. We actually took a free walking tour one day that lasted 3 hours and learned a ton about the city. So now when I show you my pictures, I might actually know what they're of.
Tomorrow we're going to go see some windmills, do laundry and get some more beer (tonight we had some local stuff which was pretty good). Then it's back to Brussels for a short time, before we embark on our extremely long train ride to Milan. Hopefully we won't run out of things to read for the train. I think we leave at 6:30am on Friday and arrive at 9:30pm that evening. Should be an experience. But at least we know that Milan has good pizza and gelatto.
Well, that's it for now. Hope you're all doing well, and if we get internet access again we'll try to post something. Sorry for the lack of pictures, but the downloading here is too slow. See you all very soon, and hopefully you won't all be horribly shocked by the hundreds of pounds that Mike and I have gained from eating frites (french fries) from street vendors (Just kidding, we're trying to eat at least somewhat healthy while on the road).
Love,
Liza