The Grand Place..again

Could this be heaven???

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July 30th 2006
Belgium....famous for its beer, waffles and chocolate......we've died and gone to heaven!! Okay, as you know we headed north instead of south and arrived a couple of hours later in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. We werent sure what to expect from this country, as we hadnt read up on it, nor heard many travel stories, so were keen to check it out for ourselves. Brussels is an interesting mix ... 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