Happy 237th birthday, America! A day late, that is :)
Fun fact, since we're on the topic of independence days: Belgium as it is known today is actually a younger country than the USA. Who would have thought? On July 21st, 1831, Belgium declared independence from The Netherlands. To give you a timeline, Texas became a state in 1845. It's odd to think that being in an area that has such a rich history as Europe, that there are countries just slightly older than my state.
Learn something new everyday, I suppose.
To celebrate, we busted out the little grill that Roel has been so kind as to allow us to use and had a good old fashioned American bbq. Burgers (I think it was turkey) with all the fixins, steak fries, and oven roasted broccoli. Today's blog post won't include a formal recipe since everything is pretty straight forward and everyone has their own twist to making burgers. The next post will, though!
The trip is off to a fantastic start. After a nine hour stint in the Atlanta airport, we finally made it to Belgium and have been speed bump-free since. Jodi's passport prevented her from traveling with us (she came a day late), but she has made it to us safe and sound. Ask me to tell you about those first couple of days; you won't be disappointed. The team is now off to Oordegem for our first meet of the trip. We will be staying in housing at the track, so there won't be a new recipe up until Monday.
Tot zines!
Fun fact, since we're on the topic of independence days: Belgium as it is known today is actually a younger country than the USA. Who would have thought? On July 21st, 1831, Belgium declared independence from The Netherlands. To give you a timeline, Texas became a state in 1845. It's odd to think that being in an area that has such a rich history as Europe, that there are countries just slightly older than my state.
Learn something new everyday, I suppose.
To celebrate, we busted out the little grill that Roel has been so kind as to allow us to use and had a good old fashioned American bbq. Burgers (I think it was turkey) with all the fixins, steak fries, and oven roasted broccoli. Today's blog post won't include a formal recipe since everything is pretty straight forward and everyone has their own twist to making burgers. The next post will, though!
The trip is off to a fantastic start. After a nine hour stint in the Atlanta airport, we finally made it to Belgium and have been speed bump-free since. Jodi's passport prevented her from traveling with us (she came a day late), but she has made it to us safe and sound. Ask me to tell you about those first couple of days; you won't be disappointed. The team is now off to Oordegem for our first meet of the trip. We will be staying in housing at the track, so there won't be a new recipe up until Monday.
Tot zines!
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