Joan & Mark visit redux

Mark and Joan (Naomi's parents) visited from Wednesday April 22 to Tuesday May 5. The first few days they stayed at a nearby hotel to ease their transition to Brussels, they took an excursion to London and Cambridge from the 27th to the 30th, and then they spent the rest of their visit with us (well, ignoring the fact that Naomi and I were absent from their last weekend here). They spent their first night with us too, because the hotel botched their reservations.

While in town, Mark and Joan visited the girls' school, and also saw the Toy Museum and visited local castles, and acquired chocolate provisions at the Neuhaus outlet store. There were trips to parks, and there was hanging out. There was some tourist activity, obviously, but not tons of it. Mom had a variety of comestible objectives while in Brussels (chocolate, gaufre—waffle, crepe, frites—french fries, moules—mussels, etc.), which she met with mixed success. The girls got a bunch of presents, and I hope they didn't act too entitled about it! ("When do I get a present?" etc., etc.)