Blogs from East Flanders, Belgium, Europe - page 5

Toch nog een blogje voor ons tripje naar Vietnam.... ..opgezet tijdens het kerstdiner.... read more

Part 1 : Brief introduction Where I am going to ? In this year , I will stay in a place which call Belgium . Belgium is a country which near Holland , France and Luxembourg . This country mainly divide into three regions : Flemish region (Speak Flemish : samiliar with Dutch) Walloon region (Speak Walloon : samiliar with Franch) Brussels region (Speak Franch or Dutch , but mostly people speak Franch) P.S* : There are also few people speak Germany . Where I am going to stay ? Belgium has several region and this time I will stay in Flemish region (Flanders) ,Vlaanderen in Dutch . Flanders includes Brugge , Oostende , Knokkle-Heist , Antwerpen , Mechelen , Gent , Leuven and Hasselt those cities . --> Buildings in Belgium are beautiful and spectacular ... read more

Back to work again today. Started early with a swim before arriving at work ready for a catch up on e-mails and gossip. At least time flies and it is only a short time before we set off on the first real trip of the year. More last minute packing. It is hard to know what to take as far as clothing is concerned. Checking the long distance weather forecast for continental Europe and watching the BBC weather maps it seems that Northern Europe is suffering with the rain as we are. Perhaps more jumpers will be required rather than T shirts. The better weather seems to be down on Lake Garda where it will be around 23 degrees. Still nothing from the geotagging company. They advised us that they refunded money usually very quickly but ... read more

It seems that the only time I have to blog about my trips is during travel for other trips. This posting will be all about my day trip to Gent in Belgium. Every year the town of Gent puts on a light festival for one weekend in January. Shortly after moving to Belgium, I was introduced to a website called “Meetup.com” This site was created by some New Yorkers in order to bring people with similar interests and hobbies together. The nice part is everyone is usually single so there aren’t many couples doing couple things in them. So, I found a Meetup group in Brussels that is for those who love to go out to eat. SCORE! I like food, I like to eat food, I like to have others around me when enjoying food. ... read more

The three cities of Bruges, Antwerp and Gent were always on the radar for visiting. European medieval history cannot be complete without a visit to compare the differences between the Protestant North of Europe with that of Catholic southern Europe. Flemish artworks to be compared with the work of Italian masters, the guild houses, flemish bond brickwork and gabled houses all reminders of North European culture. Gent felt small and fairly compact with easy car parking facilities close to the centre. Tram lines ran along the streets intersecting market squares full of shops selling chocolate and the cafes which spilled onto the streets. Gent proved to be a bicycle heaven with most locals using them as their preferred mode of transport. The cafes proved to be pleasant places to enjoy a coffee The ambience thought felt ... read more