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We finished up our trip to Belgium with a last-minute couchsurfing in Gent. We parked by a canal on the outskirts of the central city and set off on foot to find internet access. We settled in at a corner laundromat where the global free WiFi internet service provider "linksys" came in strong and sent out a beacon on the "last minute couchsurfing - belgium" group. Within minutes responses began coming in, and ten minutes later a friendly (not to mention gorgeous) Belgian girl rode up on a bicycle and commenced a tour of the city.

The Gent city center is beautiful and medieval, spectacularly well preserved, bustling with students on bicycles, and furnished with an honest-to-goodness castle, complete with turrets and a moat. We spent the evening nestled in a pub enjoying beers--the place was exactly how you'd hope a pub in such a place would be.

This morning we got up early and made the drive back to Köln, where Lisza has a job training thing, and Ryah has some (phone) interviews with fancy dot-com companies. I'm fighting a bit of a cold, so I think a nap is in order...