Update 1: day 1-2

Jepla,

Finally, we're off, the mopeds did departed very fluidly in the first two hours of friday morning. But then... Pieter was convinced his moped could stand a nail. Nevertheless, the nail won, so we had a flat tire, and already a first delay of our trip. The border of France was still far far away. Fortunately, a nice tire-replacer was happy to repair the tire fully for free. Therefore some advertisement: go to 'Banden Claerhout te Avelgem' very nice service!! Again, the ambiance was there, we continued our road to enter Wallonie, have a great stop at a little bar somewhere in the middle of nowhere, where a truck driver tried to get us drunk, but we resisted... :-). An hour later, Pieter tried a bigger nail, but still his moped lost the battle. Two new holes and again a big delay and still we didn't reach the France border... After that a new problem arrived, now Pieter's moped didn't want to accelerate anymore. At an average of 7km/h, we would never reach Nice, even the Provence was far far away. The morality sunk to the bottom, we were thinking about giving up and go to dran(k)outer next week... But then, as a dissapearance of superman, there was a nice guy who wanted to repair the motor and then, we were back again on the road, heading to France. With the morality on 110%, we were flying on our mopeds to France and at night we sleep in Bellignies, just over the border on a camping site, with nice aged people who gave us food and drinks.

The second day, the weather was nice and our mopeds flew over the French roads, heading to Reims, we arrived in NeufChâtel-sur-aisne, where we booked a room to stay and just after that moment, a big shower started and it rained all night. Even now, it's still dripping a bit, that's why we have the time to type such a long text for you guys, at home. Today we're going to drive another 1000km if possible, but as well, it could be that there are a bit less km, if we see something we like to stay for a night...

See you next time, kisses to our moms, to chicks, and all the rest.

Cheers,

Pieter & Benne

on tour...