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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... [read more]
Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... [read more] Blog: Brussels
Date: May 24th 2007
Okay, so on our way to Amsterdam we stopped for like 2 hours in Brussels. We had a little trouble with the shop and restaurant owners though...like we got out of the bus and walked to a square, passing a statue of Don Quote, and went on to the statue of the peeing boy. Then, after a few quick photos I stepped into a gift shop to check out the outrageous prices and we all got yelled at for touchin ... read more
Date: May 24th 2007
Okay, so on our way to Amsterdam we stopped for like 2 hours in Brussels. We had a little trouble with the shop and restaurant owners though...like we got out of the bus and walked to a square, passing a statue of Don Quote, and went on to the statue of the peeing boy. Then, after a few quick photos I stepped into a gift shop to check out the outrageous prices and we all got yelled at for touchin ... read more


