Flower market

Art Nouveau and an Environmental Festival

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June 7th 2011
One of the positive things that came out of our 5 hour layover in Barcelona was a chat with a Belgian man who mentioned that Belgium considers itself the capital of Art Nouveau. Since we had really enjoyed Gaudi (Spain's art nouveau), we decided we would check out some of the buildings near us on Sunday when most sites were closed. Just down the hill from our apartment was a huge market in ... 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