Fletcher Hotel Antwerpen

Every two years, the weather man declared, there are strong gales in the south of England, the type that disrupt train services, housewives lose their laundry drying on the line, umbrellas get blown inside out - and even trees are blown down. This was the day that we chose to fly to England. It's OK, the gales will die down sometime in the afternoon, said the same weather man, but not after we've flown over to ...

... collapsed today or that Budweiser, the king of beers, is now a Belgian product. Yours in enjoying all things Belgian, Mary

... www.ryanair.com and see how a lot of flights are very very cheap....some as low as 1 cent!! plus the very low tax on top of it. www.easyjet.com is another discount airline....though Ryanair seems to be the most popular. We made it to the airport just in time. JeNelle flies to London and I fly to Madrid. We were so rushed that ...

... an idea! But the most moving exhibit was Romania '90. Decree 770 was issued by Nicolae Ceaucescu in 1966 to increase the nation's workforce and build it into an economic powerhouse, birth control and sex ed were outlawed. Women were urged to have as many babies as possible; those that didn't were threatened with criminal prosecution. The problem was that the government couldn't look after its own people and the economy was in ruins. Families ...

This is the second of my European Studies/field trip class excursions to the Cultural Capital of Belgium, Antwerp (in English), Antwerpen (in Flemish), and Anvers (in French). This is a flemish city directly north of Brussels, about 40 minutes by train. Like the majority of Flemish cities within Belgium each has a story to tell. This one plays a large part in Flemish art. The group of 12 of us (we are expanding every trip) met at ...

... Big Ben, Westminster and the Abbey. I took lots of pictures, I will put them up as soon as I can. Now back in Brussels, safe and sound. Orientation for school starts tomorrow. The next few days are jammed packed with activites from 9am-2am (yes thats 2am!). Everynight there is a pub crawl in different parts of the city. I will keep you posted! And the journey continues.... Lots of Love and hope all of you at MAC enjoyed your ice day yesterday! Nora

... had also found its way, as Seb walked me to the train station and I realized that for the first time in a long time, we'd be apart for a while. I know it all sounds corny and overdone, but I was mixed with those feelings. And don't even go and try to tell you haven't been there...give me some slack, yes I am in love. It was in fact the long way round to Brussels as the Border Officer put it as I arrived in Dublin. Why was I going to ...

... is a Canadian lady - ooh yeah, go the Commonwealth! We have done the right thing and hung an Australian flag in the window, so people know we are here haha. They are all cool people and it is really nice to be able to chat to people and speak Australian English and crack jokes that people actually understand. I don't think I ever understood how much slang we use at home because I have really had to change the way I talk, especially when I speak to Americans ...

... we grabbed one last Belgian sweet - a crepe-type of thing with syrup (see Pic 56) - and headed back to A'dam. It was a really great weekend - and I don't just say this because Chris and Melanie subscribe to this t-pod. We had a great time and I'm sure we'll be traveling to Belgium a few more times (and more than likely, we will be going with Chris and Melanie a few of those times). ============================== Well, that was Belgium. We have still never said anything about our ...

Our Belgium trip proved to be both exciting and relaxing. We linked up with Stephen and Julie (see Kantors Abroad tpod) for the first weekend in Brussels and Brugge. We left on Friday morning from Amsterdam and headed to Brussels for the Fifth Annual Belgian Beer Weekend. After that, we went to Brugge and then on to southern Belgium (on our own) to tour the Flanders and Ardennes regions. Along the way we learned a lot about the history of the region ...