Maastricht to Maubeuge

July 10
200 km from Maastricht to Maubeuge. Rolling through countryside, beside silent canals, under freeways, along quiet wooded lanes, down alleyways, through town squares large and small, traversing huge fields of wheat, corn, potatoes, beans and something else (turnips?). Surfaces varied from baby butt smooth pavement, to broken concrete, to seas of cobbles, to finely gravelled towpaths, even some stretches of sandy earthen roadway. Lucky break of the day was a brand new bike trail from La Louviere, Belgium, all the way to Maubeuge.