This Past Week



With Coaches Inge and Cindy



Colin has been playing basketball for just about the entire school year. He first started with the youngest group and eventually was moved up to the next level that plays 2 times a week. He is not the best player, but being moved to the new group allowed him to play with one of his best friends from school, Khamrym. The opposite of Colin, Khamryn was probably the best player. She is also American and her dad plays for the Antwerp Giants basketball team. Last week was Colin's last practice and his coaches gave him a special basketball trophy. So nice :)

Last weekend was the Sint Andries run. Sint Andries is a neighborhood right next to ours with an open space (plaats) with restaurants, kids climbing net, basketball court, and a cultural center. We call Sint Andriesplaats, the Rope Park, and it is a place we go often. Colin was going to run in the Kids Run, but the weather was terrible. When it cleared a bit, we went over to see the Bakfiets Race. A bakfiets is a bike with a large box in front of the handlebars. It is completely normal to see parents bringing their kids to and from school in these bikes.

The rules of the race required all bakfiets to be parked in a staggered line along the beginning of the course. The person riding the bike had the run from the starting gate to their parked bikes and then start the course. It was also required that each bike had a passenger in the front. Probably a little dangerous racing your bike with your kid in the front, but they did require them to wear helmets. Helmets are not normal here and my friend joked that there were probably more helmets in this one spot than in all of Belgium. It was so fun to watch and there was a beer stall at the finish line, of course.

 Other than that, we are starting to sort out all of our things, sell our electronics and getting ready for the movers to start packing everything on June 25th. It is coming up quick!!