An Ocean Away

With two large check-in bags, and a carry on in hand Gregg and I drove out of Hamilton towards the Buffalo Airport yesterday afternoon. The beautiful steel factories are the last memory that Gregg will have of his time spent living in Hamilton. From Buffalo Gregg boarded a flight to NYC's JFK International Airport where he met his connecting flight to Brussels Belgium, officially leaving North American soil for quite a while.

Now as I sit here looking out the window, I think to myself how fortunate he was to have his flight booked for yesterday and not today. Otherwise I assume that he would be reuniting with the Buffalo Airport for many hours, less than 2 months after already memorizing every square meter of the worlds most boring airport. Oddly enough my brother was on his way yesterday from Miami to St.Johns NFLD after spending 3 months working for Royal Caribbean. He unfortunately was delayed and missed his connecting flight, forcing him to spend the night in New Jersey....I wonder if his plane got off the ground this morning?

So across the pond Gregg is being welcomed back into Belgium with 8 degree temperatures and clear skies, while it is snowing and minus 12 here in Hamilton. That nice weather has got to do something for a cyclists' motivation after spending many frozen days outside in the saddle, or down in the basement on the trainer. Which is just what Gregg will need as after a few days of recovering from the jet lag, he will be riding with his team for the first time. Next week the team will have their official team presentation, introducing all the riders and staff. He will then have a few short weeks to prepare for the fast approaching racing season in March. So until all the action starts up for him, there is really not much else to be said about Gregg's Belgian adventures...aside from the fact that he seems very positive about the team, and the motivation of his Team Director.

As mentioned here in Hamilton it is snowing, and quite hard at that. I am currently spending most of my time working, trying to sell our apartment, and trying to convince myself to go out for a run. Although I must admit that the latter is proving to be difficult, but I must as I am running a leg of the relay for the Around the Bay Road Race at the end of March with friends from high school.

Anyways until more news comes across from Belgium I will leave it at this.
Tot Ziens

Holly (& Gregg)