Old Building near Hotel

Brussels Sprout

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November 23rd 2007
It's always likely to be a bit of a culture shock, returning from so long travelling, so even though it was just for a weeekend, the first trip away was somehow always going to be a little bit special. So to get over the shock of a pretty mediocre at best workplace (being polite here), a weekend in Brussels was to be the tonic, a tiny taste of the months of freedom known so recently. And that ... 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