Blogs from Antwerp Province, Belgium, Europe

Merci voor votre presence!... read more

testing camera - buying travel stuff - booking the ticket - packing the bag - eating some cake... read more

Our last minute decision to make a quick stop in Belgium was a success! Although we had booked open train tickets to return to Amsterdam from Hamburg as our last trip, we decided that once we hit Amsterdam we would quickly book tickets to Belgium and hop on the first train out. This was all going very smoothly as the next train departed 15 minutes after our arrival; we grabbed a quick bite, bought our tickets, and jumped back onto the train. About 20 minutes into the ride, we started to notice that our train was taking an extra long stop at one of the stations along the way. An announcement came over the speaker rambling something in Dutch and then a lady came through the cabin to alert everyone that a kidnapping had taken place ... read more

Binnen twee dagen wordt de droom echt werkelijkheid! Dan vertrek ik naar Miami om drie jaar lang een opleiding tot filmregisseur te volgen. Hier heb ik jaren op gewacht en naartoe gestreefd en eindelijk gaat het gebeuren.. Nu is het nog wel heel stresserend allemaal: visa in orde krijgen, koffers inpakken, van iedereen afscheid nemen, ... En daar zal het ook niet meteen van een leien dakje lopen waarschijnlijk: nog een kot zoeken, de buurt leren kennen, ... Hoe het allemaal verloopt daar zal ik op deze blog nog wel uitgebreid meedelen, dus als je geïnteresseerd bent, log dan af en toe eens in en wie weet staat er een nieuw avontuur online! Tot de volgende blog!... read more

when I'm in the desert without food or drink I know I will not die of thirst or hunger. thank you Sylvie and Gary.... read more

So recently i found out that the nickname that i used for this blog Nomadic matt is trademarked.... huge design flaw for the website to allow someone to create a name that they cant use, spend alot of $$$ to have business cards made with the name of my blog so that everyone can keep tabs on me. SO UNBELIEVABLY INCONVENIENT!!! So Travel Blog what am i supposed to do with 200 business cards i left in the states and the other 250 that i have in my posseson, throw them away? order new cards and now pay to have them shipped overseas?? More $$ that i do not have... perfect thanks... So with that my new nickname is FUNomadic-matt, peps in oakton if you wouldnt mind just mentioning that to the VIP clients that will ... read more

So finally after a few days of jet lag and basic bag carrying/running soreness all is well. One thing I have to rant about is how little leg room planes now have... Seriously I'm 6 1 and it sucked. Aside from that publictransportation is always good for meeting random people... On the train I met a pretty cool girl that worked as a head hunter for a big corparate law firm,very interesting convo, even though I may not be a future lawyer. On the plane I met a group of teachers from Ghent university, who teach other teacher how to teach handicapped children, again good convos In between short and very uncomfortable naps. Now sometimes claiming to be a nieve American not sure of whats going on works to your advantage and well sometimes it doesn't. ... read more

SEE ENGLISH VERSION BELOW 2 diciembre 2011 Nos levantamos pronto, no muy muy pronto, pero para nada tarde, y desayunamos. Marie tenía que volver a Francia, y yo proseguía mi viaje, así que después de bajar el equipaje al coche nos despedimos. Al estar yo ya solo, me cambié de alojamiento. La habitación del hotelito de la rue Royale la sustituí por una cama en dormitorio compartido de un albergue en una calle perpendicular: El hostal Van Gogh. Y del hostal atravesé todo el centro de Bruselas, haciendo alguna foto por el camino, hasta la estación de Midi, y encontrar el lugar de donde salen los autobuses que van al aeropuerto de Charleroi. Me dio la sensación de que era un lugar algo inseguro por las noches. Desde la estación centro, tomé un tren hasta Amberes. ... read more