The Chinese restaurant from last night has been scratched from my list. The food made me quite sick last night and I spent the greater part of the night either sitting on the throne or embracing it. Quite a mess. I’m finally feeling much better, but have quite a ways to go before I’m back to normal. These episodes don’t happen very often, but when they do it takes quite a toll on my body.

As a result, everything I had planned to do today went by the board. I slept on and off until 3 this afternoon. About 4 I went outside and drove 30 kilometers to Kotrijk. The main reason was to find a wifi Hotspot and get connected. The McDonalds at the Expo turned out not to have a hotspot, yet. It was installed but wouldn’t be in their cash register until Monday. Next door was a bar / restaurant that advertised on a sign in the window being able to surf the internet. They do indeed have the capability, but it also very new. I’m the first customer to make use of the capability. I’ve bought 60 minutes of time and have ordered a cup of hot chocolate. I don’t feel like eating anything, but the hot chocolate sounded benign enough. Perhaps by tomorrow my system will have recovered enough for me to want to eat something. I’ll probably feel like I’ve been starved!

Tomorrow I also check out of the hotel in Ourdenaarde and move to Gent for two nights. My new boss arrives here on Monday and I’ll meet her for dinner in Gent on Monday evening and then show her how to get to the office in Ourdenaarde on Tuesday morning. Tuesday night I move to the Holiday Inn at the Brussels Airport and will fly back to Salt Lake City on Wednesday. The trip is coming to a close. Today I feel crappy enough that it’s a good thing the trip is ending.