Beyond Bruge 50 th Anniversary

Beyond Bruge

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June 3rd 2010
Today we departed in our rental car for Tervuren and Waterloo, both close to Brussels. Tervuren is home to Royal Museum of Central Africa and Waterloo, historic battlefield where Wellington defeated Napoleon. The day was perfect except for lots of traffic coming home from Brussels. We ended our day with a nice dinner at El Greco and arrived back at Casa Brujas at 11:30. My Dad commented tha ... read more

Europe » Belgium » Brussels-Capital Region

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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