brussels

Brussels!

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September 8th 2007
We caught the bus into Belgium today after walking from the hotel to the airport parking lot and then hitching a free ride on the parking lot bus.The trip to brussels from charleroi only took about 35 minutes or so.It felt good to sit down.We got off the bus at the station and were totally, hopelessly and completely lost…in a country we don'treally speak the language…and we weren't even sure w ... read more

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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