Friday evening after dinner I hung out in the "family room" there at Bethel until it was time for meeting at 7:30 in english :-) the Kingdom Hall for Stockel is in the same building - different entrance. Wonderful congregation, met some great friends and made arrangements to come back the next morning to go out in the ministry with the local friends. Everything is fabulous, I head back to Brussels, to my hostel.
OK - this was my fault. I hadn't already paid for Friday night when I had left in the morning. I get back, it's about 10:30pm, and the Hostel is full... and SO ARE ALL THE OTHERS... in the entire city. I'm not super excited... I change out of my skirt, get my bags and head for the metro. I had met a sis at the meeting who's from Florida. maybe i can stay with her. No answer on her phone but i'll head towards Stockel and try to ring her again. Back in Stockel with my bags, no answer again. I think I looked terrified by the response of the metro security guy. He asked if i needed help, at this point I don't want to spend the money and am debating sleeping in a really nice park I had found that day, it was a warm night. But i ask the metro man if there are any hotel's in Stockel. No. But there is 2 stops back towards Brussels. One of his coleagues is heading home that way and i am sent with him for directions. Its bout a 10 min walk from the metro, not bad but a new place at now... midnight, not fun. (This whole conversation took place with both men speaking no english, lots of gestures an alittle french). Make it to a super nice Best Western, ouch - how much is this going to cost me? I haggled the man at the front desk down in price, pretty proud of myself.
Next day in the ministry i found that the sis had her phone still on silent from the meeting. She demanded though that I stay with her and her husband that night. Very happy for the invitation. Sat was great, sunday I store my bags at the Central Stations to go to meeting in french where the sister of a friend of mine attends. Yeah, couldnt find the Kingdom Hall -it's somewhere in a different suberb, few more hours of wandering, sunday is a bust. I go get something to eat. Also I miss booked my bus for Paris. Instead of it leaving sunday night, it leaves 6am monday morning. That's too early for the to stay with the brother and sister in Stockel, metro doesn't run early enough... where do I stay the night. Kinda didn't stay anywhere... a story for when I get home let's just say that monday, I make it too my bus and off to Paris.
Davis - the couple I stayed with!
I ate a sandwich every day for a week, either for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or all 3. I'm done with sandwiches for awhile.
Hello? Are you still out there?
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