Belgium
Travel Blogs from Belgium
Midweek Belgium and a few days Holland
... in the car and head out to do some groceries as we need supplies for our stay at the Sunparks Kempervennen in Vlaanderen, Belgium. After groceries we head to my father's place to get some administrative things sorted out for my Visas for Russia, China ...
Brussels for a day
Hi everybody, Melanie has been traveling a lot for work this year and during this week she went to Brussels for 2 days of meetings and was lucky when Chris decided to take the train down and join her. We've been to Brussels many times, but always ...
About my charity project -100 Girls Back to School
I'm about to start my trip through Tibet, Nepal, India, China, South East Asia, Australasia, South America, and East Africa. It will be amazing, it will be exhausting, it will be inspiring and it will be for the most parts cheap. It will be cheap, ...
All over Belgium
... and set off to explore some of downtown Brussels, wandering in and around the Grand Place. In mid-afternoon the Belgium Brewers Guild, 'Chevalerie du Fourquet des Brasseurs', held a ceremony to induct new members into the Guild, including the ...
September 11 in Europe this year
... of what was going on back home to mark the day and we were feeling very removed. So riding into a small town in Belgium and seeing our flag hanging (probably 5-6 of them!) was very special. Near Aubel is the World War II Henri-Chapelle ...
Le pays de la biere - gone commercial.
(C) THOUGHT OF THE DAY - Exclusive beer distributors are from hell. I just got a couple of rants about this trip to Brussels. It seems they no longer serve Westmalle beer on the Grand'Place -- APPARENTLY because it is not carried by some ...
Return to Ghent
Hi everybody, We haven't been traveling very much this summer and decided to take a long weekend in Ghent, Belgium. We've written about Ghent before (aka Gent)- it's one of our favorite places close to Amsterdam. It's normally about a 2 hour drive, ...
Belgium
OK so I'm adding this late and am not sure exactly of the date BUT I had to put Belgium on our map! BTW the chocolate was great! ...
February Happenings
... boat! MAASTRICHT DAYS Maastricht is an interesting city because it is in the tail of the Netherlands sandwiched between Germany and Belgium. It has been an important city since Roman times because it has always been at a natural N-S/E-W crossroads ...
Yet more old friends, haunts and children
Dave's parents kindly dropped us off at our next stop - just south of Brussels with Robert (Dave worked with him in Brussels), Hannah, Sofie (3ish) and newborn Thomas. They have built their own house which is great. Spend a few days chilling ...
Q&A (or all you questions answered before I go)
Hello people, I've been asked each of the following questions so many times, I thought it would be easier to answer them once and for all. Q. Long time no talk. How have you been? A. I've been great. I quit my job last month and going ...
My itinerary (Oct 2007 - Oct 2008)
Please, be invited to join at any point as long as you can tolerate cheap hotels, cold showers and 4 am rides on the chicken bus: Tibet - Oct, 2007 Nepal - Nov, 2007 ...
Belgian Windsprint
... down the Chocolate Museum. At €4, the place is a ripoff. I never thought I'd be disappointed by something chocolate-related in Belgium, but the Museum shook my confidence in everything I can believe to be good in this world. It was while I was in ...
Euro-Star (not me, the train)
A long weekend and a visitor (hi Rumi) from Overseas, so what to do? Found a super budget fare that included a trip on the eurostar (another thing to tick off on my list) and a weekend in Brussels. Cobus, Natasha, Rumi, Adrian and I headed over to ...
Weekend trip to Antwerp
... a new boat! We'll try to keep it short enough to be interesting. If you get bored, just jump ahead! ANTWERP, BELGIUM Our American friends, Stephan and Julie, had this idea to take short weekend trips to the towns bordering the Netherlands. ...
From Brugge to Haarlem
Ellen said she wanted to visit civilized Western Europe for a change. Clean toilets for a change is what she really meant. I'd have been content to see the Diamondbacks new stadium in Phoenix. But after seeing the movie "In Bruges" I relented. "In ...
Normandy Weekend (+ a little more Belgian beer!)
... grateful for the direction. What a really, truly nice guy. NORMANDY D-DAY SIGHTS After spending more time than anticipated in Belgium, we finally arrived in Normandy at 6:30 Saturday night. Luckily we had made reservations at an old chateau which ...
Belgian Weekend
... of the weekend before returning to Amsterdam. WILD YEAST Since 1900, Cantillon has been brewing a beer that is particular to Belgium called lambic. It is brewed using wild yeast that naturally occurs there. No yeast is directly added to the beer; ...
One day in Brussels
... took a picture. The main square is very impressive, with elaborately decorated buildings all around. Just around the corner is a chocolate museum. Belgium claims to have invented chocolate as we know it today and this museum was one that I did not have to ...
Mussels in Brussels
Hi everybody! Our friend, LeeAnne, was back in Amsterdam again for work, so we decided to take an overnight trip to Brussels. Chris picked us up at work Friday at 5:00 and we were on the road. By 7:30 we were in Brussels eating mussels at Leon's - a ...
Mmm. Chocolate
Coming to a strange conclusion that we could be Tour Managers Extraordinaire, Tracey and I signed up for a training weekend with a London based tour company. They do budget day trips in the UK and weekend trips to Europe. Nicely our training weekend ...
Day 1
... see had some pretty tidy accommodation. I had a three berth cabin to myself which I was grateful for because it was gone midnight and I wanted some shut-eye. I read a few more pages of my book and tried to get to sleep as the train rumbled through ...
Romantic Brugge
... her husband who is an architectural engineer and his funky design comes across in all aspects of the house. The delicious Belgium breakfast included a huge breadbasket with a variety of Belgium bread. Brugge was a sensorial overload and a gastronomic ...
Fries, Beer, Chocolate & Waffles!!
... Belgium waffles of course! Man they were the best waffles I had ever had... definitely recommended when you're in Belgium. <Lang's Extended Version> Our aim this morning before we headed off to our next ...
Good news for bent carrots
Today I harvested a dozen or so carrots, put in the ground earlier this year. Some grew well, others didn't make much progress, or were found to be eaten by some kind of worm. None of my carrots were straight. Or even symmetrical. While they ...
Brussels, Belgium
... the city quite fascinating. Watching Benj's documentaries and living with Benj & Daan for few days, I've gained much here culturally. Belgium could've easily been about Manneken Pis and Waffles like most tourists, but for me, Belgium is a special place ...

