Mom & Dad in front of the Royal Palace

The Kurtz family takes Europe - Part I

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April 7th 2010
Mom & Dad are in Europe! It was a long flight from Philadelphia to Brussels, but they made it here safe & sound (aside from the jetlag). It's their first time in Europe, so I was very excited to see what all struck them as odd about life here. Luckily, nothing was really all that different, apart from the language issue. It's actually quite funny because I'm so used to family vacations mean ... read more

Europe » Belgium » Brussels-Capital Region » Brussels

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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