To Brussels for Waffles.. December 6th 2008 We had been warned about Brussels. We were told it was ‘dull’ so we set our expectations for our city break quite low.
In future, this is going to be my travel policy, as occasionally ‘fantastic’ places fail to deliver and our city break to Brussels turned out much better than we imagined!
One thing we have learnt since living in the United Kingdom, is that Europeans really ‘do’ Chri ... read more
Europe » Belgium » Brussels-Capital Region » Brussels 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
A couple of mid 20 year olds, started this blog back in 2006. We left our homeland of New Zealand and set off on our trip of a lifetime.
These entries follow our travels from our New Zealand to London and back again. Total geeks - no Las Vegas or full moon parties here. We used '1001 Natural wonders' to plan our trips. Sometimes riding 5 hours on the back of a motorbike to see a waterfall or random rock formation.
Since arriving back home in New Zealand in 2011, travels haven't been much of a priority. The arrival of our amazing little baby has made us hang up our backpacks for a little... full info