Blogs from Belgium, Europe - page 9

V cene mame aj ranajky. No zadna slava, chleby,maslo, dzem, salam, syr, dzuse. Dnes v plane prehliadka mesta. Ta zacata v red light street. Vo vykladoch zvacsa rumunsky, bulharsky a albansky tovar. Za bieleho dna vsak bez svetelneho efektu, no i tak ponuka velmi luxusna, len keby boli lepsie ceny. 15min za 50€, dve polohy alebo za 40€ jedna poloha. Odtial k jednemu zo symbolov bruselu, atomium. Kedze na zastavke nebol automat na listky, sli sme na cierno. Elektrickou ideme okolo cinskeho parku, ktoremu dominuje pagoda. Mensia cesticka velmi pekne pomalovanymi stenami a uz vystupujeme na konecnej. Nadchodom cez cestu az k atomiu. To fakt masivne. Velmi pekne to vyzeralo. Dnu vsak nejdeme, porobene fotky z vonka a pokus dostat sa na stadion heysel kde zacala brusel. No nepodarilo sa, bol ohradeny. Kupujeme listky na elektricku ... read more

Povodne som chcel vstavat uz o 6.30 ale nakonec som sa vykopal o hodinu neskor. Spolubyvajuci hovoril len po zabozrutsky tak zadna konverzacia. Bufetove prezieranie a nabalenie niecoho na dnesny den (2xmandarinka, 2xjablcko, 2x vajco na tvrdo) Vonku nahovno pocasi, hmla. Nakonec som ten najvacsi trh v belgicku len odfotil z mosta. Ono okolo 8.45 sa ludia len rozkladali a nic extra tu vidiet nebolo. Proste oblecenie a jedlo. Zadna exotika. Listok na stanici kupeny v pohode v automate len som sa musel opytat zamestnanca odkial mi to ide. Vlak ic, tak cisty a pohodlne sedacky. Bohuzial po dorazeny do namuru hmla moc neustupila. Po opusteny stanice hned dolava kde je info centrum. Samozrejme v nedelu zavrete. Nuz idem teda len tak po ulickach, ktore sa vobec nelisia od predchodzich miest. Zas volaky kostol, divadlo, vystavba ... read more

Rano ma postupne budili odchadzajuci spolubyvajuci. Nakonec som sa vykopal na bufetove ranajky. Tam to vyzeralo ako v neakej tackarne. Syry, salamy, sunka, chleba, kopa natierkovych syrov, corn flakes, hrusky, jablka, stroj na dzus a dalsi na kavu (vsemozne verzie) z automatu si davam kapucino. Balim si na obed aj jeden chleba, berem aj jablko a hrusku, no a vajicko na tvrdo. Idem spravit check out. Na recepcii uz ina baba. Tez mlada, mozno este studentka na vs. Uplne nic po ang nevedela, musela zavolat chlapika z kanclu. To uz co je, ked mlady lude v zapadnej europe co pracuju v hosteli nevedia ang. Nuz nechavam si tu batoh a prieskum mini mesta. Ono stare mesto prakticky len dve ulice. Ako kazde europske mesto nesmie chybat kostol, nakupne stredisko, trh, restiky, obchody, renesancne domy, poulicny muzikanti, ... read more

All right, I'm back to try to be "back on track" with my entries. Still running over one year behind! Summer 2017 came and I was gone again! Decided to make a 5-week trip to Europe, mostly to see family and friends, some of whom I did not see for 5 years! Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Netherlands I arrived in Amsterdam in the morning, the capital and largest city in the Netherlands with 800 000 inhabitants. I immediately went to see a cousin of mine. Later on I headed further to my uncles house where I stayed for two nights. That same night I met a former student of mine and the next day I spent most of it in the city centre of Amsterdam with another cousin and I took advantage and did some shopping! I ... read more

After a good nights sleep was had by all, we were ready to start in on another day. We all loved this hotel. It was very unique, with it's interior and Exterior walls made of stone. We discovered that during the war, the Germans had occupied the fort and the section where the hotel is now located was a concentration camp. We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast, then headed to Bastogne, Belgium, where we would learn more about the battle of the Bulge, and WW 2. Following directions from "Giselle", our GPS, we found ourselves on a tiny dirt road in the middle of nowhere. Diane and I insisted we were on the wrong road, and to turn around. Naturally Ray ignored us and pressed on. A short while later we rounded a bend and there before ... read more