For Verne

[Guest guest]

Verne,

Great to hear from you. What part of the States are you from? Is your

wife or partner coming with you?

Chris.

[Guest guest]

> Verne,

> Great to hear from you. What part of the States are you from? Is

your

> wife or partner coming with you?

> Chris.

I'm too old for climbing, but love to walk, hike and backpack. I

also think my size (6'4 " ~300#) would be a determent to

climbing. I live in the frozen tundra of St Minnesota, USA.

I've been following this group for a couple of months. I am a

member of a Christian community here, and since we have no

insurance, have been looking for an affordable solution to my

three years of limping around. I was seriously considering UK

until , and then Richie convinced me that Koen De Smet

was the surgeon that I wanted, Des has confirmed this decision.

Yes my wife of 40 years is coming with me. She has a great

deal of apprehension. She has never been off the N American

Continent, and except for her union with me is not the

adventurous type. I'm hoping that will write to her and

encourage her. She will be staying hospital.

Verne

[Guest guest]

Verne,

My wife, Frances, is going to stay in the hospital too. There are

rooms set aside for patient's partners. Do not be alarmed. Apart from

Belgium having dragons, trolls, rampaging werewolves, and deranged

vampires - oh dear. It's British humour. We just can't stop this.

Make allowances please. I'll start again. The country is civilised,

neat and comparatively small scale. Many people speak English. When

asked if they speak English, they say, with a quiet smaile, " A

little. " Do not be deceived. They speak quite a lot.

Nearbye Brussels has an enchanting town square, really enchanting,

and is easily reachable by train.

All the best,

Chris.