Ghent

Belgium

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February 4th 2008
We made a couple of trips to Belgium on weekends, to Ghent and Brugges in summer and Antwerp and Brussels just before Christmas, both largely beer pilgrimages for Leigh. Ghent and Brugges we’re beautiful and the weather was still warm enough to enjoy the outdoors. We went to Ghent first which was smaller and far less touristy then Brugges. There we visited a great castle and found some fantast ... 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