Grand Place

My arrival in Brussels

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August 16th 2009
We arrived to Brussels around 6:15pm on Friday night and Nadja from ISB came to the train station to pick us up and take us to my new apartment. We were able to look around the apartment, meet Amanda, one of my flatmates and her mother, I chose my room, and then we took a cab to our hotel, where I stayed with my mom and grandma for a few nights. Our hotel was literally right infront of the Grand ... read more

Europe » Belgium » Brussels-Capital Region

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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