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Brussels with Derya

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January 6th 2011
I am sitting here, in the window of one of the great houses in Brussels, enjoying my last day in Europe. Thinking about what a crazy day this was.. It started by not hearing my alarmclock again, and waking up with a feeling of exitement. 'I have to go, I still have to pack my underwear and my this and that and... go to the opticien, go to the store, take a bus, take a train.' And I even had to v ... 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