Belgium Travel Blogs - Page 6

Making Friends

A travel blog entry by ainaz

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Over the past four days I have met more people and made more friends than ever on this trip. I'm learning that travelling alone is not lonely afterall. I have had many helping hands; Free stay at the nicest campsite I have seen in Europe, with offers ...

Belgium = Beer, Chocolate and Frittes

A travel blog entry by thetembas

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... , they are doing it right. In Brussels we saw much more diversity than Sweden and Finland. This is not surprising because Belgium had a number of colonies, namely Zaire (Now Congo). People say that some neighborhoods could be mistaken for Kinshasa and ...

Bruges - Belgian Tourist Mecca

A travel blog entry by thetembas

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Click Here to see photos of beautiful Bruges. Captions hopefully coming soon! Rick Steves says that Brugge is a good stepping stone into the European mainland. This is true for many reasons, the main one being that this place is wildly popular with ...

Brussels: A Small City, with Big Mussels!!!

A travel blog entry by rachandshan

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Brussels is a relatively small city compared to most in Europe and it’s the capital of the European Union. You would think that would make them a little wheelchair aware. Not so really!! This was a hard city for us to get around. But we trudged on ...

Brugge, First Day (Nathan)

A travel blog entry by nateandglenn

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I don't remember much about the first day in Brugge, except that I was really, really tired for no reason. I'd gotten plenty of sleep the previous night, I had some sort of breakfast (I think), but for absolutely no reason I had zero energy. All I wanted ...

What are we doing in Antwerp?

A travel blog entry by emiglia

... evening. People tend to show up at this hostel and stay for a lot longer than they thought. In the end, I think Belgium is underrated: the guilded architecture, squares with beautiful fountains, and bars with Belgian beer on tap for less than you ...

pirmā nakts lidostaa!

A travel blog entry by vinetasaukane

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Tātad mēs izlidojam no rīgas pus15, Belgija bijam pec viņu laika pus17, ja nemaldos! Lidosta izskatjaas normala. mes atbidijam solinu pie cita soliņa. un ietaisiijam savu vietu :D tad mes ...

Brussels and chocolates

A travel blog entry by exploreamerica

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We started the day by discovering the secrets of Belgian chocolates. We visited a local chocolatier and received an education briefing. Next we discovered Bruseels. We visited the Grand Palace and saw Manneken Pis, a symbol of Brussels. The ...

Bruges by numbers

A travel blog entry by peyton

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... 's "New Frontier," (incongruously) Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City" and The Carpenters' "Close to You." Pax Americana.] Belgium is home to roughly�10-million people, with the Dutch-speaking Flemish mainly in the north and the French-speaking ...

Lets go somewhere that's open

A travel blog entry by davefrendy

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... got a discount and it was only a short leg so wasn't too much. Since we had no choice anyway (unless we didn't go to Belgium) we booked our tickets and then found somewhere to wait for the half hour till our first train came. After sitting on the floor ...

Chocolates and Beer...

A travel blog entry by chezstar

Well Bec and I had to say goodbye to our tour group in Brugge, Belgium yesterday :( I fought back tears - it's weird how in 28 days you can meet sooo many awesome people and you feel like you have known them forever. Travelled on the awesome Europe ...

Holy Blood and Hoppy Beers in Brugge

A travel blog entry by valaryr

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... learned in Brugge: first we complained about the heat in Spain and got freezing rain in Northern Europe. Then we complained about the rain and got record heat again in Belgium. No more complaining. Will post about Brussels tomorrow. Tot ziens! ...

Our journey to Paris - Stage Two

A travel blog entry by savagestewart

Antwerp was the second stop. Jaz and Matt were snoozing by then. The countryside was lovely - lots of flat rolling fields - very picturesque and ...

Go to Bruges, everyone else does.

A travel blog entry by laters

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We headed into town as soon as we could. My first impression was "yeah, I can see why people love Bruges." And I could see how these people think it is just the absolute best little medieval town ever in the whole wide world. I'm thinking these people ...

Brussels: Chocolate, Waffles, and Peeing Boys

A travel blog entry by mlp5176

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... the planes waiting to take off. This was going to be a good trip. We had high expectations for what awaited us in Brussels. Belgium waffles…from BELGIUM?!?! Yes, please. Throw in some melt-in-your-mouth chocolate and you have ...

Soir�e de d�part � Arlon

A travel blog entry by liviou

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Soiree de depart l�g�rement arros� � ...

Great little town, just like the movie but better!

A travel blog entry by fec

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... from there, then walked to the "Upper Town” where the museums and palace is. One thing I can say for Brussels, and Belgium in general so far, is that they’ve got art placed everywhere in public places. So went to a museum, saw a ...

A prologue: Disneyland!

A travel blog entry by samhancock

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... was for Ben! We didn't want to hang around in Paris though, and headed on to Bruges the next morning to start exploring Belgium. The historic tourist town was as picturesque as I remembered from a trip there many years before, but it was so off-season ...

Crazy soldiers at Waterloo

A travel blog entry by ewilson

So, when we went to Waterloo there were a bunch of people dressed up in classic French soldier uniforms with muskets having a battle with blanks amonongst themselves. It was quite entertaing to watch. They were part of a group that does that sort of ...

Cause i'm lea-ving on a jetplane...

A travel blog entry by evy_duville

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... 3 days to go, 3 days of enjoying Belgian cuisine, going out with friends, seeing my family, watching some more Sex and the City...Belgium really can be fun ...but the end is near, it's time to go, new experience, new adventure...and i'm ready for ...

Brussels: Grime and Splendor

A travel blog entry by kurtmills

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For all that Brugge was with its Medieval canals and cozy-quaint feeling, Brussels was the opposite with large boulevards with tons of cars, the immense European Quarter, large multinational headquarters and the huge Royal Palace. There was an ...

Beer, chocolate and waffles?

A travel blog entry by clgs

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... was very interesting and housed in a quite beautiful Art Nouveau building), and the Royal Museum of Belgian Art. The weather in Belgium is a bit like early winter in Melbourne (except that it rains here) and is a bit more humid. Tomorrow we are ...

Brussels & dinner with Sandra's Belgian relatives

A travel blog entry by oceanspirit

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Brussels ...

Among the hordes in Brugge

A travel blog entry by brucec416

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Well, hasn't this town changed in the past 20 years! Brugge - population 30,000 daily tourists 50,000. The secret of our 1988 tour has been well revealed. Brugge has suffered a little from its entry into the tourist mainstream - nearly all of the ...

Bummer......

A travel blog entry by lkjr77

Well, as it turns out after leaving at 8 this morning Brussels has 2 airports. The second isn't marked on the map we have and isn't marked at the train station. We we arrive at the airport this morning only to find out it's the wrong place. With 1 1/2 ...

A day trip to Brugge

A travel blog entry by eugineanded

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Since it is the weekend, Soogine (my sister, who's interning in Belgium this summer) and Miss Chung (the residing cook at the embassy residence)had their days off. We also had Soogine's friend visiting. So we decided to all go to Brugge. Our first ...

Let the trip begin! - Belgium

A travel blog entry by klauridsen

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... . This was my first impression of Belgian people. In addition to very friendly people I found the cuisine in Belgium to better than France....GASP....I know. How can this be? The French diet is very heavily laced with meat of ...

A Place Of Rememberance

A travel blog entry by fourloves

Entry to follow (I AM kind of travelling here, you know?). Thanks for your patience. Check back ...

Kasterlee lekker

A travel blog entry by celine-berre

Het was lekkere eten in ...

Gettin' Brusseled

A travel blog entry by kmmccall

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One of my good friends here in Barcelona, Lindsey, has another friend studying in Belgium, so when she suggested going to visit, we decided to make a girl's weekend out of it! So Lindsey, Rachel and I headed off to Brussels for a few days! ...

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