Just A Quiet One

Been a pretty chilled out week this week. Haven't done too much exciting as the weather has been crappy as for most of the week. We keep getting these massive black clouds rolling through that are filled with torrential rain and lightning.  Pretty over riding in the rain and cold. It's bloody cold here now too, definitely coming into Autumn. The sun, when it's out, is usually pretty warm but the wind quickly destroys that warmth and puts ice into your bones. Yesterday we were out riding and then out of no where a massive black cloud appears with lightning and then the temperature drops to freezing and then starts bucketing down. Was so cold! Got a bloody puncture too when the rain first hit us so we had to chill under a bridge and change it, not ideal at all.
But yea on Tuesday, Zeno and I went up to Antwerp for the day to have a little gander around. I've only been to Antwerp once early last year and it was pouring with snow so it was cool to see it in a new light. It was still a cold and windy day though. It's quite a busy place with lots of shops mainly and a few hundred Italian pizza restaurants so for lunch we decided to be a bit more cultural and have some Belgium/Antwerp cuisine. We had pizza at one of the Italian restaurants. But we used a knife and fork to eat it cause we are sophisticated as. The pizza was alright but it's no Hell pizza. Can't wait to get home and have some Hells. Antwerp got pretty boring pretty quickly. It's mainly just shopping stores so we did have a wander through some of the stores but there was nothing else exciting going on.
Went to a race on Wednesday to try and win some bucks. Zeno and I managed to get into the break at the beginning of the race with 3 other guys. We were working well together and we pretty much stayed away until the end. A small group of about 4 caught up to us with 3k to go so I finished 8th. I didn't feel amazing the whole race but I still felt goodish but I just had no sprint at the end. Still managed to win two 25euro prems and 30euro for finishing 8th. Zeno and I are going up to Paris with two other Kiwi boys who are riding here at the end of September so most of that money has gone to pay for the train ticket. I've got a 'Paris' jar that will hopefully be full of cash from Kermesse winnings.
So yea that was basically my week. One month today until I leave here. Can't wait to get home. Getting a bit tired of this place, miss the New Zealand way of life. I was watching the live commentary on the All Blacks game on Saturday and it sounded like a hell of a game. Record breaking score against the Wallabies! Good stuff ABs.
Yep. That's pretty much all from me.

Thanks for reading

Nick