Another full day in Belgium is on the schedule. The day started with an 8:30 a.m. meeting and will conclude with a 5-6 p.m. meeting with a whole bunch of meetings in the middle. The best part is, however, that jet-lag is now behind me. I had a great night’s sleep and have pretty much moved to this time schedule. A week from now I’ll haved to make the move back. Someday we’ll be able to make this trip in a couple of hours but I don’t think that’ll do anything for jet-lag!

The weather has certainly been out of the normal for this time of the year in Belgium. Friday and Saturday featured very high (hurricane strength) winds and torrential downpours. Monday and Tuesday set record high temperatures for the region. Today is cooler, but stiff winds are back. By Saturday we’ll have very unseasonbly cold temperatures. I’ll probably be able to experience all four seasons during this trip.

I’m not terribly fond of the hotel I’ve stayed at this trip. I’ve looked at another hotel in the city center and like those rooms much better. However, there’s still no Internet access. The hotel in Gent has put in some Internet access in their business center, but still doesn’t have anything in the rooms. I think there’s a Best Western just down the street from the Sofitel that does have in-the-room Internet access. I plan to check that out on Sunday when I move from Oudenaarde to Gent. Should I be judging hotels based on how connected I can be when I’m there? It sure seems as though that’s a prime consideration.