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August 17th 2008

Published: August 17th 2008

As they say here in Brussels, Bonjour! Yes, apparently they speak French (and Flemish) here in Belgium...I did not know that until we got here! This is the first city I've every been in where French is one of the main languages spoken, and I've learned more French in the last two days than I ever managed to learn German. And by that, I mean I can now say 2 things: merci, and au revoir. Hey, thats... Read Full Entry

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Veronica Castro

vcas

For those of you who don't know, I am about to leave on the adventure of my life! I am spending two weeks in Europe before heading over to Egypt to do my semester abroad. I promise to have lots of stupid adventures (it is me, after all :)) and will write about them whenever I get the chance. I love getting and sending both letters and postcards, so if you want to get one from me (or send me one!) let me know! I finally got a camera cord, so there will be pictures from now on :). Its easiest for me to go back and put pictures with the entries they go with, ev... full info

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Georgian Protest

Navigating

Stephen attempting to navigate with the free map from our budget hotel...he did very well considering!

Cool View

Cathedral

Inside a cool cathedral in Brussels. I don't know which one, but it was pretty!

Hotel Room

This is the sink in the corner of our hotel room in our first budget hotel. The sink was outside of the bathroom, which was actually very convenient.

T.V.

In our first hotel room (we stayed in one hotel the first 2 nights, and a different one the 2nd 2 nights).

Metro

Bethany going into the metro...this was our first time using the Brussels metro, and it actually went well!

Parliament Building

I think we finally decided this was, indeed, the Brussels Parliament building.

Stephen buying ice cream

He claimed that Italian gelato would satisfy his every desire, but had to make due with the ice cream off the street in Brussels instead. Poor baby!

View from Above

So the large building we saw (formerly the largest building in Europe) was on a hill, and there was a pretty sweet view of Brussels from up there!

War Memorial

We decided this was a memorial for both world wars.

War Memorial

Close up...this memorial is right next to the Parliament building.

Parliament Building

View from Above

Cool Building

I have no idea what it is...

Stephen

Eating his ice cream overlooking the cool view next to the big building (it was, or is, the Brussels Parliament building...I'm still trying to convince Stephen its just a post office!).

View from Above

Bethany and Stephen

On the steps of the Parliament building.

View from Above

Don't worry, I only uploaded a couple...you should see how many pictures from up here I have!

View from Below

Just to shake things up a little bit.

Cool Old Building

No idea what it is...or was...

18th August 2008

Madeline(MOM)
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Sounds like your having a great time!! Which I could do that -but OH!!! I am working so I can pay for it. Love mom:)

19th August 2008

vcas
Veronica Castro

Hey, I worked pretty hard to pay for this trip myself, thank you very much! :P

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