The view from the Belfort

It's pronounced "Gent"...

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May 24th 2009
Hallo, Katrina was still in town, so we decided to do another day-trip. This time, we headed to Gent. The city is halfway in between Brussels and Brugge and is by-passed by most tourists as a result. We caught a train, which turned out to be of the slow, milk-run variety and took double the amount of time to arrive at the city as was anticipated. Never-the-less, we arrived in the city and w ... read more

Europe » Belgium » East Flanders » Gent

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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