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Chateau Saint Jean Mons

Des Masnuy 261, Jurbise Mons, Hainaut, B-7050, Belgium

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Where inspiration started for Van Gogh

A travel blog entry by karindames

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... on a painting.

But the inspiration was just not enough to make my painting look as good as even his first sketches so I decided rather to focus on cleaning the house and leave the artistic expression to re-arranging the scatter cushions on the sofa. Not quite as satisfying, but unfortunately necessary and at least I can mop the floor quite artistically.

The painting is still standing unfinished but I have started to look for art classes in my ...

Nice Surprise

A travel blog entry by blemings

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... Mons was a dreadful place but both Marylee and I found it charming in its own way. Sure it is old and you might even say grubby but we found the central area interesting and the church between the hotel and the centrum is huge. We spent Friday evening exploring and walking around. Saturday we did the same but stopped for mussels and fritz fior supper at the main square. The last time we stayed at SHAPE we stayed north of Mons at Nievelle which was north ...

Hardship

A travel blog entry by blemings

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... walk in. The Wednesday we travelled up to Waterloo to take in the battlefield. It was only 20 minutes up the road from the hotel. It was one of those days when winter felt like it was right around the corner. We toured the museum, went into the 360 degree museum and then climbed the steps of the Lions Hill which gives you a view of the battlefield. Will try and get back there when the weather is a little better.
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Brussel's Sprouts

A travel blog entry by derik

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... here we come.

We headed back to Brussels unhappy with how the day had progressed so far. We got back to the hotel, quickly changed, and headed straight for the Delirium Cafe. Jordan had scoped this place out prior to us coming here, it holds,or at least held the world record at one point for serving 2004 different beers. The beer menu there is thick enough that you could kill a man with it. We headed down into the busy bar, and looked for a seat, but there were ...

Minha vida doméstica até este momento

A travel blog entry by dourado

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... ter alguma noção pelas fotos. E é assim que tenho ficado boa parte dos dias...

Curiosidade/ cultura (obrigatória): aqui o sistema de coleta de lixo é diferente. Só recolhem os lixos nos sacos específicos que a prefeitura fornece. Azul pra PMC (plastico, metal e "caixinhas de leite", marrom pra papeis e branco pra lixo comum. Lá fui eu fazer meu papel de cidadão e separar as coisas direitinho e comprar os sacos de ...