Tag: Frites
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The Flandrian Diaries: De Ronde
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: De RondeThis was it. The time had arrived. Belgium’s biggest day of the biggest month of racing was finally here, the holiest of days falling on Easter Sunday no less and the church was overflowing with worshippers. Drunk, loud, super-hyped worshippers spread over a 260km diocese, all with their own personal gods who they hoped would… …
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The Flandrian Diaries: Gent-Wevelgem
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: Gent-WevelgemAs we exited Rick’s Hungarian SUV that I still didn’t believe was a bonafide thing and something he’d made up, the smell of freshly ploughed fields and the unmistakable cowshit filled our noses. But there was something else that had our senses abuzz: “bicycle racing in Flanders… YES!” Strolling along through a mix of centuries-old… …