As some of you may already know by now, I’ve made it across the Atlantic.

Spring is in full bloom in Europe and as beautiful as it is to be here at this time of the year, my allergies have me whipped. No, not whipped. Whooped. No signs of jet lag, but all the symptoms of allergies have been magnified tenfold for me here.

Pretty rough to be on the road while feeling like a 700-pound gorilla is sitting on my chest, and the meds are not working! And no, the first shopping I did was not at some boutique but a pharmacy. But what did I say the number 1 rule of travel was? That’s right, no whining allowed.

In today’s entry I’m sharing with you photos I took at the Château de Beloeil in west Belgium a few days ago. I probably sneezed from one end of the grounds to the other, but I still enjoyed the visit very much.

No long stories for me today because I’m foggy (just looking at the blooming magnolia trees outside the window make my eyes watery), but I do want to shout out to my gal K who recently interviewed me at her lovely FeatherFactor blog. Always fun to build on the sisterhood out there in the blogosphere! You can easily access her site from the link under my Blogroll to the far right of my blog’s home page.