On Saturday a coworker and I left the wives at home for a guy's night out at a casino in a town about 45 minutes away. There are four or five "casinos" here in Mons, but they only have electronic games, no table games. This casino was small, but fairly nice. There are several interesting differences between this place and a Vegas casino....first, instead of just walking in the door, you have to get registered and they take your photo. Second, no free alcohol! But at least the beer was at least reasonably priced. The games themselves are even a little different. In Blackjack, people surrender constantly. I thought this was quite funny considering the military reputation of France. Also, in Roulette, there is only one zero instead of two, and if it comes up when you have your money on a color you get half of it back. So, your odds of winning out here are actually much better. As a matter of fact, I walked out of the casino about 400 Euro on the plus side (about $550), not a bad night's work!
On Sunday Elizabeth and went to a local park called The Paradisio. It's a cross between a garden and a zoo. There is a petting zoo where you can feed goats and pigs, aquariums with sharks and octapi, and a monkey jungle where the monkeys run free around you. The park is beautifully landscaped, and it just makes for a wonderful place to walk around on a cool summer Belgian day. The park is about 10 km from our house, so we decided to pick up the season pass...Overall, it was a wonderful Independence Day weekend...a little different from what we're used to, but different experiences are why we moved here!
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I want that monkey in the window. Leave it to the schaffers to get a picture of a monkey.
Glad you have the season pass:-) May be you can join us and our "cheeky monkeys" in late August.
I think you should take Bailey with you through the monkey jungle and post the pictures from the hilariousness that ensues.
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