Not just truffles

Antwerp - Truffles, how I love thee

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August 27th 2007
Day 2 of the conference in Antwerp. The morning started with a delightfully filling breakfast buffet - today they had pancakes that were to die for - light, and laced with maple-syrup-like flavouring but without the stickiness, all topped off with a pile of cream! The day then proceeded with an 'exciting' morning at the conference - lots of work, not much play. For lunch, a few colleagues decid ... 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