Waking up at half seven, Jojo and I had a driving-free day ahead of us in Gent. A chance to acclimatise to Le Van and being abroad.
After a sausage sandwich and a yoghurt for breakfast (not together & not as gross as it sounds) we grabbed a bus to Gent. Our campsite was in the middle of a huge sporting complex, and it was about a 20 minute bus ride into Gent. We passed through a few neighbourhoods, mainly high rise flats, before reaching the historic centre. We looked at some of the sights, before the inevitable happened when travelling with Jojo - we explored the veggie/vegan shops/cafes that Gent had to offer. We had a great lunch at a little place called Avalon, then wandered the canals etc some more. Having not adapted to being in Europe, we had headed out in the hottest part of the day, by 3pm we were both melting and a little cross, so headed back to the campsite for some shade and some ice cream. Our bus journey back made far more amusing by some cool Belgium kids playing very very bad euro techno on their phones at the back of the bus. I think they were shocked to have two "old" people sit near them in the back row.
Back at the campsite we had a magical and revolutionary experience watching Whale Wars in our van, before getting some sleep.
A good day finding out feet abroad and getting used to the heat. Off to Cologne tomorrow, where we got stuck in a storm...
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