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Goodbye Bruges, hello Brussels

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March 8th 2011
Monday 7 March 2011 The plan for the day was to head into some of the more touristy (and beautiful) parts of Bruges (which we had largely avoided previously). This meant starting reasonably early (but not too early - this is us, remember!). We walked along the canals starting with the Groenerei (because we like it so much) and then down the Djiver. Tucked behind a coupl ... 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