Belgium
Travel Blogs from Belgium
Goodbye Brugse Zot!
And so ends the Bauhaus Hostel and Brugge for the young man from Perth. It was a great stay, but it is definitely time to move on to bigger and better things: under the radar for too long. In total, I worked there for just over two months and I think ...
Wooooah I'm a working class man!
... and nice etc. Most of the other customers just come in and give me useful advice about the city and living in Belgium in general. Something I've noticed about the Belgians is that they are an extremely proud nation of people who believe that their ...
Back in Melsbroek
We spend a month in Belgium. At 'the girls'. You saw them in Belgium previous time. Lucky you: I will not write a story for every day. I will divide them into 'happenings'. Will my friends already forgive me, when you are not mentioned (enough). I ...
Here comes the sun...
Ahhh it is spring time and the words of so many songs come to mind. So many songs that I didn't understand the significance of until now. Here comes the Sun by the Beatles is a great example. I didn't (and I don't think other Aussie do either) appreciate ...
Annie meets us with a bottle of Champange
We have several reasons to come home: Greta needs an operation and we are going to take care of her the first weeks after My passport expires in less than 6 months My knee still did not recuperate from the diving accident in Nosy Be. I want a ...
We rent a castle for the weekend
It is not really our castle. Springmuis booked it. So, after going to the GP anyway, we drive there and book it. It is lovely. A weekend with my best friends. No worries, no tension, no underlying issues. We drive there with Wes, our ex-neighbour. ...
PART II (J'AIME LES FRENCH!)
... . And I met his nice sons in college. "Bedanke," Hans! The following day, I got stuck smack-dab in the middle of Liege, Belgium, pop. 200,000. At this time, it had been a week since I'd bought my "Teach Yourself French" book. So, I stopped a ...
Boring old Brussels...not!
... this fear of helping people or speaking to someone in any language, but French. Brussels is supposedly the biligual capital of Belgium, although I never heard anyone speak in Flemish or German and no one would even contemplate speaking English to me. Now ...
Flatland Belgium
This week has been completely different to the last in Brugge. I have met heaps of cool people and I have finally settled into the apartment! In the apartment I also have my own room now! Even though it has four beds in the room, there is no one else ...
Time to wash clothes!
I made it safe and sound to Belgium. It is absolutely beautiful and the weather so far has been such a change from the cold rainy Ireland. My flight arrived at an airport about a 45 minute bus ride from Brussels. When I arrived in Brussels I had to get on ...
awesome ice cream!
I left Sharon's house and took the train to Brugge where she recommended I try the French fries and some ice cream. Did you know that the Belgians actually invented the French fries but for some reason over time the French started taking all the credit ...
Linda: our hero - Linda: onze heldin
It is 5 when I crawl out of bed. I cry cry over Jr. At 6 sharp, we are ready and at 6 sharp Linda picks us up. Do you have friends, who drive you to the station at 6 in the morning? We do! We are taking the train from Mechelen to Schiphol, where we have ...
Australians, flavour of the month? year?
... stuff. Really cool place to be if you are young and out for a good, social time. I have come to the conclusion that Belgium is a dangerous country. The beer is too good to resist and the chocolate and fries are superb - Killing me sofly, with their ...
Repeats
Spent the day hanging out with Bart again. We were going to check out MiniEurope, but it was way too expensive. Instead we went to WALL·E because he'd been wanting to see it, had no one to go with, and I was definitely up for catching it again. ...
Moving Along
Today was a fairly relaxed day. I was expecting to meet up with Bart, but there were some miscommunications, so tomorrow it is! I'm excited for him to show me the good chocolate places to go to. I spent the day wandering around Brussels. I managed to ...
Belgium
Yesterday I met up with Bart, a friend I've known through LJ for a few years now.We wandered around Brussels and he brought me to a chocolate shop, where I bought a couple things to try out, including chocolate with violets in it. It was subtle, but ...
Beautiful Belgium
... is fantastic! Anyone that knows me well, knows that I love the pub at home called "the Belgian Beer Café". Now am I inside Belgium and nothing can stop me! The beers are something special and if you just chugged them down like people at home, you would ...
Rats With Wings
After a 2.5 hour train ride through Europe (which is not nearly as romantic and quaint as popular culture would lead you to believe), I have arrived in Brussels. Thus far, I'm staying at a hostel that wouldn't be so bad, were I staying in the main ...
Would Anyone Care for Brussel Sprouts?
... of Belgian political and social life. Many famous Belgian protests started in Grand Place. Let's take a moment to reflect on Belgium's famous riots... yeah. While in Grand Place, we witnessed a class of kindergarteners (maybe 30) rioting about world ...
Talk to the hand...its over there...
... Antwerp that I saw Stella Artois for the first time in Belgium. I think that it is more of a Walonia (southern province of Belgium) drink, simply because it has a French sounding name. The great thing about pinches is that they are small enough to drink ...
Belgian waffles!
... the outskirts of town, the expo center and an IKEA. That's right an IKEA, I had no idea I would see one in Ghent, Belgium. Heck for all I know they started here? I then explained to the tram conductor that I accidentally got on the wrong tram and he said ...
The Beauty Of Belgium
Entry to follow (I AM kind of travelling here, you know?). Thanks for your patience. Check back ...
Bruges
... do Egypt, African Safaris, etc. This place is THE BOMB. It's a MUST see if you are ever anywhere near Belgium. It's a medieval city that has the greatest history, chocolate, people, weather, etc. I absolutely loved it. They ...
My Marathon, Brussels and bird poo
... - other than the one rude girl it was a nice mix! Wednesday In preparation for Owain arriving I decided to try a Belgium supermarket - Delhaize. Anna and Mel had brought in nice things to work from there and told me that ...
The historic city of Bruges.....
... proceeded to some of the local historic sites of Bruges, including local Churches and of course visits to the three clichés of Belgium - Lace, Chocolate and Beer. The canal boat tours were operating even at that early hour, which I thought was a ...

