This weekend was the big get-rid-of-as-much-stuff as-possible day to . It is amazing what accumulates in ten years, though the biggies (clothing and books) I was able to haul off with just one trailer load. Although coming home I was struggling a bit as I realized that whatever shorts didn't make it to the thrift store were in the laundry. And it is getting quite warm here...
I also washed my bike to with a pair of socks. Trying to not let anything go to waste here...I will see if I can sell my road bike.
As far as my new job goes, I have already started some training and in fact uploaded a few pictures and results. But the main thing to concentrate on this week is to do all the necessary bureaucratic stuff like changing addresses and also figuring out health insurance and the Belgian tax system. One of the star riders in Belgium (Tom Boonen) lives in Monaco, by his own account because of taxes. That'll give you an idea of the tax rates...
It's high - according to one table I saw even higher than in the Scandinavian countries, if that is possible. As long as it means I get to use the Health Insurance I am ok, but so far my understanding is that is only possible if the employer is Belgian, which is not the case for me (it's an Australian company).
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