Thursday, November 29, 2007

GVA Trofee Hasselt - postrace

Finding an internet connection in Yurp is harder than I thought it would be. I drove around a bit looking for anything likely. Drinking coffee apparently hasn't caught on there, so Starbucks hasn't invaded.


Nothing from the road, so I went back into the town center. They have a set of underground parking garages. This is something that seems to happen often in Belgium. More of the US could use these things.

Having ditched the car, I strolled through town some more looking for the precious internet. The day was starting to get dark. I was getting tired. My day was ending. No internet.

I strolled to the Holiday Inn Hasselt. I figured that the benefit of having someone that was certain to speak english behind the front desk would be worth the shame of having to reach for something so American. I paid for my ridiculously overpriced room (110 Euros?) , went upstairs to check out the room, (adequate), and headed to retrieve my car from the pay lot underground.

Once the car was taken care of in the Marina parking across from the hotel. (Free!) I went to bed and slept.

Day 1 has officially ended.

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