Blogs from Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Europe - page 4

So, the time had come to head off on our two week “holiday” while Peter and Bev from Perth, Australia, did their home exchange with Sheila and Kevin. Dianne’s plan had us visiting Brussels, Lille (Vimy Ridge) and Paris. As usual, it was a great plan. The trip We flew Ryan Air to Brussels and getting to the airport was easy: walk to the bus stop, take a city bus to the airport and check in. How could it be easier? Well, we had tried to walk to the bus stop a couple of times and with the crazy curved streets that criss-cross an old city we managed to make mistakes the first two times and walked a lot further than we should have. This time, we made it. But just as the bus got to ... read more

Christmas is truly a magical time of year, no matter where it's being celebrated. Christmas in London however, is more magical than I've ever experienced back home. The whole city comes alive with festivities! The streets are lined with Christmas light displays, Christmas markets and ice skating rinks pop up all over the city and and mulled wine becomes the drink of choice over the colder months. Kicking off the season in mid-November was Oxford Street, closing off the entire street for a day and providing free entertainment all in the lead up to their Christmas lights being turned on. And doing the honours this year was Craig David, who sang not one of his songs from 16 years ago but merely, spoke of his career revival and push the button. Following on was Hyde Park, ... read more

I completely loved Brussels. I came there five years back during my first management high school internship. That was my very first long stay abroad even though it was only six weeks and in a border country. I went there from Paris I took the train called Thalys and couple of hours later I was reaching Brussels. I had such a great time. The city is wonderful, the architecture, the culture are great and people are very nice and willing to help. La grand place especially is amazingly beautiful. I spent half of my time visiting as there were so many things to see. Of course as a tourist I tried to beer, chocolate and the famous belgium fries. Brussels is definitely according to me a city to visit. I had the chance during my stay ... read more

Aangekomen op vliegveld Brussel. Heel veel bewaking, zelfs sluipschutters op de daken! Snel ingecheckt en nu paar uurtjes wachten.... read more

Eurotrip part one started off in Belgium. Belgium is know for its world famous Belgium waffles and chocolate. Interesting enough they are also famous for muscles. We had to try all three of them which you will see in the pictures. We lucked out at the hostel. The hostel was well furnished and we booked 2 beds in a 6 bed dorm. We had the entire room to ourselves since no one else booked the room. We did the entire city by foot (no public transportation). Brussels sure had a lot of history, beautiful architecture, parks and we even visited a really beautiful church. We went out to the Delirium bar where they had over 2000 types of beer...don't believe me... google it. We learned out too late that Flanders field is located about an hour ... read more