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Mechelen Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mechelen, Belgium
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Linda: our hero - Linda: onze heldin
This is a top pick! ... pikt Linda ons op. Hebt u vrienden, die u om 6h in de ochtend voeren? Wij wel! We nemen vanmorgen de trein van Mechelen aan Schiphol, waar wij een rechtstreeks vliegtuig naar Kuala Lumpur zullen nemen. Na het kopen van het kaartje vraag ik Dr. T (voor ...
The Bells of Mechelen
... in Belgium have not disappointed us! Neither has Belgium for that matter. We stayed in a beautiful city called Mechelen (between Brussels and Antwerp). We exchanged with a younger (sorry guys) couple for their 2 bedroom apartment in ...
At Mieke and the Mechelaar
... that Mieke forgot in her car the previous night and to bring it to her. Finally we either didnt have to hitch-hike to Mechelen as Ingrid drove us there and we met with Mieke there taking it relax on the computer before heading in town for what was ...
A quick stop in Flanders
... fantastic meals and the best beer in the world. Our first stop was our third time in Belgium, this time pausing for lunch in the town of Mechelen. Mechelen is a pleasant town halfway between Brussels and Antwerp. Mechelen became quite wealthy during the ...
Mechelen... little Belgium town with a big heart!
The surprising thing about Mechelen is that it has a beach. Inland sandwiced nicely between Antwerp and Brussels typically you would not expect this. ...I spent a lazy weekend here with my Belgium friends Wannes, Geert and Natalie, we trawled around ...
As promised ...
Hi all, as promised we tried to make it possible to follow us during the next month. We entered some of the trip details upfront, with some entertaining movies or typical photographs. When having access to the internet we'll try to update our travelblog ...
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Almost forgot to say, you can subscribe for e-mailupdates to our blog. For those who are not well known with following a travelpod, we've included a picture from our home page. Just go to the right of your screen and under our profile picture you can ...
A Day in Antwerp
After our stunning breakfasts in Liege, we resigned ourselves to something more ordinary in Mechelen. But we were wrong as the breakfast was once again divine!! This time we loved the rich bread, the yoghurt with raspberry puree, the pastry as well as ...
Bike Tour: Amsterdam to Brussels
... we had three beers to taste - one light flavour, one sweet & one bitter. They were all nice and different. 5th June - Mechelen - Bike Tour We left Antwerp on our bikes at 9:15 in the rain. We all had our rain jackets and ponchos on. ...
Ready for our honeymoon
20 april: Eindelijk is het dan zover: onze huwelijksreis naar Java & Bal! Na een prachtige trouw kijken we er enorm naar uit om deze mooie tijd af te ronden met een leuke vakantie. Indonesia, here we ...
Minus 1, I guess?
Just started packing... We're going to try to keep our luggage as minimal as possible... Firstly because the trunk of the car we rented is not that big and two because I don't want everything to be misplaced during the transfer. Its a huge plus when ...
Internet hoer-a
De tijd tikt tergend traag voorbij maar geraakt gek genoeg eens zo gevuld met repetitieve vraagstellingen: "Is alles ingepakt?, Heb ik een tandenborstel bij?, Heb ik teveel t-shirts bij?, Ga ik echt 3 boeken lezen?, Hoe moet ik godverdomme die rieten ...
Belgie
So had a short mini tour of Belgie with Andrew and Wencke..... Really good Beer (WEST VLETEREN TRAPPIST BEER) hmm did i spell that right Wencke? Got served by a 12 year old kid at a bar....interesting. Oh and I heart cheese and chocolate! ...
Day 13: Home!
... the last entry for this blog. I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for the comments, the compliments and the visits. That's what kept me motivated to keep doing it! So thanks! Steve, back safe and sound in Mechelen, Belgium, Signing off ...
Always on the move
Terug thuis...iets waar we de laatste 2 weken toch geregeld naar uit hebben gekeken. Je mist je zetel, je keuken, je badkamer, je kleerkast, je tafel, kortom alle banale dingen die je het leven comfortabel moeten maken. Het is alsof we de laatste maanden ...
all packed and ready to go
Tomorrow, early in the morning we leave for a short visit to Rome. We ha've never been in Rome before and I have been in Italy just one time, for work (so never really visited it). Expectations are great, weather forecast is fantastic and we are looking ...
The end is the beginning
Eindelijk terug thuis. Het was alleszins een blij weerzien met familie, vrienden en collega's. Op mijn eerste werkdag werd ik zelfs compleet verrast door de decoraties die waren aangebracht aan mijn bureau. Om de overgang minder bruusk te maken, was ...
Happy Birthday Chloë
... '. Ik wil er graag bijzijn als ze haar eerste kaarsje uitblaast. Een laatste keer samen met de hechte familie voor ik vertrek! Een laatste keer slapen in Mechelen bij ons Cecile. Nog 2 dagen en dan zit ik op het vliegtuig richting Lissabon! ...
PROLOOG
Mijn bergschoenen zijn oranje. De plakkerige, taaie klei van ons vorig avontuur in de vlaktes van Noord- Spanje heeft zijn sporen achtergelaten. Nu is het alweer tijd voor een nieuwe fase in ons leven. Ik heb geen idee wat ik van deze nieuwe reis ...
Mechelen at Gil's family
... dont want to travel no more but simply stay by her! Tomorrow I will leave to Paris. My last 3 days were written together in Mechelen with little time so it lack some things but well I probably spent one of the best moment I've had. I also left my ...
Nog maar 20u voor vertrek
Het voelt toch een beetje raar aan, die laatste dagen voor het vertrek. Het is pas echt beginnen doordringen vorig weekend met de afscheidsfeestjes voor vrienden en familie. Als je 40x achter elkaar afscheid neemt, dan wordt het wel echt duidelijk dat je ...
(GIL) Mechelen-Hombeek and a bad night in Antwerp
... like a young family which was funnily strange for me at first but so great too. I really love her. Later we went back to Mechelen, having a beer and spending some hard last moments for the next month. I really didnt want to let her go!! I really miss ...
Liege to Mechelen
... the exterior. We went on from there to the nearby St Rombouts Cathedral which is the main church in Mechelen and is also the seat of the Archbishop of Belgium. Restoration of the cathedral has been largely completed so as to brighten up the ...
Beer & Chocolates in Belgium
... drained from our recent trip (many buses/trains) into and out of the U.K., so we decided to stop in the small town of Mechelen, Belgium to do some laundry, catch up on this travel blog, and check out how the Cubs are doing. Mechelen is between ...
No rest for the wicked...
... it is incomplete, apparently they run out money and the tower is now the most well known incomplete landmark!!!! Naturally Mechelen has a perfectly picturesque square that roads with endless shops of all sorts start. So many people enjoying the -freezing ...
T minus 2
It's the last Saturday before I actually leave for my trip to the states (Monday morning). Have to say that I'm really looking forward to the 8 hour flight to NYC and then 4 more hours to SF (not!). What I AM looking forward to is the trip itself. ...
"And then the two became one, twice...."
... to get water from the river for their daily needs. Besides that, the couple had also arranged a tour at the cathedral's tower, Mechelen's most easily identified land mark, that raises about 514 steps above the ground! Needless to say we chose the relaxing ...
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