Dover to Liege & Eupen, Belgium

After a quick ferry trip across the channel & getting used to driving on the other side of the road, we made it to Liege for our first European stop. If we thought the drivers in the UK drove fast, the Belgians drive at 130km an hour. It was a funny experience at the first petrol stop where everything is done by the user, ,pre-paying & getting a receipt.

Just to prove that it’s not all car museums, I found a chocolate Museum. ( everyone knows that chocolate, shoes and jewels are high on a woman’s list ) Our first stop just outside Liege was at Eupen and the Jacques Chocolate factory (the makers of Guylian chocolates). Interesting tour of the premises & viewing all the memorabilia, including beautiful chocolate boxes from the turn of the century. Phil got his face onto a segment being made by a film crew. ( and if I do say so myself, it was a stellar performance of taking merchandise from the shelf, inspecting it and passing it to Laurette, I was however let down by the restrained performance of herself ) Lots of sampling & purchases (not so wise to carry in the Morgan!). Laurette fell headfirst into a vat of chocolate and three workers tried to rescue her. She fought them off for 10 minutes until they finally got her out.

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Then we headed for Germany. We made a detour to Spa & Francochamps to see the Belgian Grand Prix track. Lots of bikers there.

 Hotel at Spa circuit