The Belgian Sun

A weekend of chocolate

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February 17th 2008
Hello again! I know, it's been a while. This program has suddenly decided to be about work and not play. But I figure I can take a break from papers and tell you about my weekend in Belgium. We caught a 6:40am flight out of London Stansted Airport which is an hour out of the city. So we woke up at 3am (or just didn't go to sleep), got on a bus to the tube, a train to the airport, and finally on a ... 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