[Singles] Greetings from Antwerp, Belgium

[Fred Atkinson]

Hello, everyone.

       I am sitting in the Seaman's Center in Antwerp, Belgium.

       I found a nice family run restaurant down the street.  The waiter
spoke English.  He had to help me with the menu because it was in
Flemish (I think that is the local language here).  He suggested a
T-bone steak with fries.

       It was very good.  I told Raoul to tell the chef how much I enjoyed
it.  It turns out the chef was his mother.

       The driver of the shuttle bus was selling beer on the bus.  I guess
that is legal here.

       I got separated from my ship mates when I went to dinner.  I wasn't
comfortable with the idea of walking these streets alone at night. 
So I went back to the Seaman's Center.   It is 9:35 PM now.  The
shuttle will pick us up here at 11:00 PM.

       I am wreaking havoc with my Internet accounts.  Apparently, they
are freaking out because I am connecting from overseas.  I keep
having to reset my passwords.  What should take only a few minutes
is taking quite a long time.

       I have more pictures to post.  But Facebook is giving me the same
problem at the moment.  I will try to post them tonight.

       We are leaving tomorrow.  I am not sure what our next stop is.  I
think I heard someone say we were on our way to the UK and we
should arrive after a few more stops.

       The people on the ship continue to be very nice to me.  They are
good people.  There is one sixty-three year old man along with us
that lives in Brazil.  And there is a young fellow named Juiian who
reminds me of that kid in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(Harrison Ford's sidekick) in that he talks like him.

       I will likely sleep well tonight.

       Have a good evening.




                                            Fred