Brugges

Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges,Ghent

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May 30th 2007
I arrived in Bruges (Brugge) from Paris and hopped on a train to Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers) to meet my host Sil Van, who had tried to surf my couch in Kelowna during snowboarding season. We toured around Antwerp quickly - saw the Markt, many beautiful areas including central station and of course the zoo where there had been an attack on a woman by a gorrilla(/ape?) earlier that month after the ... read more

Europe » Belgium

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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