Brussels City View 2

Brussels Trip

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May 25th 2006
Phill, Katy, and I ventured to Brussels this past weekend because we had Thursday off for Ascension Day. We took a train, which took us about 5 hours or so. It wasn't bad at all actually. Brussels was fantastic. I loved it tons. The only bad thing was that it rained most of the time we were there, which to me is a reason to go back. We saw Grote Markt, Mannekin Pis, St Michaels Cathedral and four ... 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