Belgium
Travel Blogs from Belgium
Heading south
... Dutch Debit card. So we did what any rational tourist would do when faced with such inane opposition - we bought a ticket to Belgium and said goodbye to the Netherlands. We arrived in Antwerp at 1pm and planned our next move. We had accommodation ...
Night out on the town
... friend FOR SURE so we can go exploring Antwerp together. I definitely enjoy Antwerp more than downtown Brussels. One neat thing about Belgium that probably most of you didn't know is that you can see Belgium from outer space, more precisely from the ...
Beers with Jono.
... . We had to leave before 8pm. Pity, as they close the rode every night and play the last post. We had one more night, in Belgium, then we jumped on a ferry and made our way back to England. We had been on the road for four months 2 days. It was quite ...
La pluie de Bruges
Je pensais m ennuyer pour ma derniere journee a Bruxelles mais ce fut tout le contraire. Apres avoir passe quelques minutes a me faire bronzer au soleil de la Grand Place (on dit que c est la plus belle "place centrale" du monde!) Je suis alle boire une ...
Mussels in Brussels
... to Ghent. But first we needed brunch, so we hit the croques again. Ghent really is a lovely place. It's our favourite place in Belgium, and we have seen all the sites, so Lucy went skating instead. I did the dutiful thing, standing on the side, taking ...
Belgique
Allo!! Je suis a Bruxelles, tout s est bien deroule jusqu ici, aucun probleme majeur. En arrivant j etais le premier dans mon dortoir et j ai realise a quel point il va falloir que je sois sociable! En effet, me promener dans les rues tout seul, ca ...
Arrival in Europe
... up until about Sunday or Saturday,, depending when we decide to leave for Paris and Bretagne(the beach where I'll be) Once I leave Belgium I go straight to France and stay there for the time being until I embark on the following week. Kendra + Jill - ...
La Grand Place
"The Central Courtyard of the Continent's Capital" Grote Markt, or La Grand Place, in Brussels is a cool place. It's made up of guild houses that are very ornate and a sight to see. It's a fun gathering place. There are several cafes in the square, and ...
Visit to Antwerp
Day two in Belgium begins. More like my first real day since Monday didn't really count with all the jetlag I went through. So it's Tuesday at 9PM. I'll probably send this entry off tomorrow morning when I get up. I have found that the easiest thing ...
Lier visit
... walking around and I took some pictures, Leir looks a lot like Brugge for those that have been to that area of Belgium (Philippe) it's really nice. We walked by a chocolaterie where they were making fresh chocolate it smelled sooo good and they had real ...
Dr T's goodbye to Aruba
Almost ready to go, half an hour early. Stanley told me there were left behind books in the other quarter of the apartment building, so I went looking. In the mean time, Dr T does the last packing and hears a knock on the door. Thinking I have my ...
Our visit to Belgium
... do it again: I would see zero doctors, hospitals, scans or specialist. What is the use: I am no further than I was when I arrived in Belgium. But most of all: it is my own damn fault: I did not try hard enough to contact you, I was too lazy, jumped to ...
The Brother, the Nephew, and the Girls from Gent
... themselves lucky that Auntie does not live in Belgium: she would visit every month! It looked as if we would not see 'the Girls from Ghent': Evelyn and Iratxe. They were on a holiday when we were in Belgium. We managed anyway. Cosy evening in ...
Bulging
... much more can you say, but Mr 350 beers in my shop received another visit. Oh and it rained whilst we cooked, Fuck I love Belgium !!! Day 3 We managed to get up earlier today and much earlier we were on the road. Todays plan was to head ...
Hoegaarden, yummmmm
... , a windmill and the Cross Gate. Had my first real solid food since having my tongue pierced washed down with a few of the awesome Belgium beers. My favourite beer in the world is Hoegaarden, which comes from here so I am in heaven. I also visited the ...
Carnival !!!
With Hedwig, Linda and the girls we went to Carnival in Halle. Party time! It was the day of the burning of the carnival. I do not think Dr T and Ann were SO impressed by the Dutch carnival Schlagers. But for Hubby every reason for a party is a good ...
Ouf!
La temperature ici est pour le moins "moyenne". Hier comme c etait plutot maussade je suis alle visite le musee des beaux arts royal de Bruxelles! J etais accompagne d une dame qui voyage seule et qui parle a peine anglais. J ai pris plusieurs photos ...
War History Time!
... beer I had ever finished. I then tried another local beer and I enjoyed it as well (I normally HATE beer). Belgium has strict regulations on having fresh beer with no preservatives so it can't be exported to other countries usually. It ...
My papa´s home
This is my dad´s new house, they built it about 2 yrs ago when I was last here, but I didnt stick around to see the final product so here it is, ...
So, you wanna know who we are?
... Food & Wine Fine dining is a passion of Marina, she is also a qualified chef from one of the best schools in Belgium, (Spermalie); and follows the Bourgondian lifestyle for which Belgians are known. From the photos you might easily think we spend all our ...
Who Am I
Antwerp or Antwerpen, if you are a Flemish person. It was quite amazing that we had never been to this part of Belgium, so we jumped into our car and headed off. Yes, a car. The Chookmobile, which had been a big part of our life, was now gone. We had a ...
April 5 2003
... that french fries aren't actually French I'm sure, yet, I bet most of you didn't know that french fries actually originated in Belgium. How the story came to be that they were named french fries instead of Belgian fries is rather stupid. A French man ...
The house that Jo built
We were invited at Jo. Jo is my friend. He is also my ex-colleague. But he does not want me to refer to him like that. He is the one, who, just out of the blue, gave us his private car. He just got his company car. He lives in Nazareth with his ...
Brugge
... breakfast by 12pm let alone 10am! A visit to Bruges would not be complete until you have bought about a tonne of their Belgium chocolate. Just walking into one of their shops is hypnotic enough. Some places are making the chocolates right in front of ...
Pre(departure) clearance???
When I come home (home is fact is the loft at the Girls' place for 6 weeks already, isn't it nice of them to take homeless people in?) from work in the afternoon, the 2 big packpacks are packed. I have no idea what is in there or where anything is but Dr ...
I get my knee removed and put in a jar
After getting an appointment at the orthopaedist, x-ray, blood- and heart tests, I am happy to take my operation. Moring in, evening out: general anaesthesia. Hubby holds my hand before the operation and is in my room when I come back. The only ...
