Welcome to Monsieur Iou's Belgium. Spirited, subtle, and often amusing, here is a story from a bike's-eye view… which is to say, a very human one.

"Despite my country's limited surface area, there is a great deal left for me to explore. That is why I have undertaken to tour Belgium by bicycle: the better to fill in the unforgivable gaps in my knowledge. On the other hand, my professional obligations have led me to abandon the option of a long, wandering odyssey in favor of dividing the journey up into stages over the course of a year, going out every few weekends.
"No patriotic apologia for Belgium here; this is rather an alternative invitation to a voyage. By stages. With a predilection for slowness and mindfulness. Bicycles lend themselves wonderfully to this: they allow one to look up from one's handlebars and, with any luck, lose onself in lovely places." ~ Monsieur Iou