Hotel renovation scaffolding

Exhausted in Brussels

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November 1st 2010
Well, I’m finally getting time to sit down and write. Brussels is not for the faint of heart or the really tired. We have been exhausted since our plane landed at 8:00 a.m. on Friday. We left our bags at the hotel and headed out to the Grand Place. The Grand Place is one of the most beautiful collections of architecture I have ever seen. Since the weather has been alternating between dri ... 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