Manneken Pis

Beer, Biere, Bira, Cerveza, Yum

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March 2nd 2008
I'm sitting in a European suburb in Holland, and thought I should fill you in on our last week. Strasbourg was gorgeous, but a bit boring. In 4 days I managed to eat a plate of choucroute (saurekraut with pork 6 ways) 3 times: that's 75% of dinners. We stayed at a lovely former old convent come hotel (sans nuns): Hotel Patricia (highly reccomend). The highlight of the city was a tour of Kronen ... 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