Calm Before the Storm…

After leaving Courtrai the whole mood of the trip changed to one of building anticipation… this would be our last night in hotel before we begin 10 days at the Haarlem Jamborette! Time to get in as much sleep as possible, lol!

The drive to Leuven was one of our longer stretches and seemed a bit out of place after such an intense start to our day.

Google Streetview warned us in advance that this hotel was going to be MUCH less nice than what we had grown used to, and also that the neighbourhood was a bit sketchier… but thankfully it seems that we were working with old data as the hotel was incredible!

Early in our decision to take on this epic European adventure I was contacted by Scouter Herman from the Netherlands who served as a HUGE help though our planning. Scouter Herman helped arrange our gear, gave us advice on our itinerary, and helped ensure we all stayed super excited by posting frequently on our Facebook page. Well if Scouter Herman hadn’t already done more than enough for our group, he actually took a train to Leuven to meet up with us for our last leg of the adventure! He thought it was important for us to have a Dutch tour guide as we journeyed into the Netherlands. Scouter Herman hit the ground running with our troop immediately offering to lead a tour of Leuven.

So QUITE the adventure was had in Leuven! Unfortunately I can’t add much to it though as I wasn’t there, LOL! Scouter Rhonda, Lawrence, Amanda & Tracey had embarked on a mission to the laundromat and Scouter Erica, Gerry and Herman were with the youth going on the tour… by the time Scouter Dan and I made it downstairs we realized that we were the “stay-behind Scouters”… oh well, you win some you lose some!


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