Aquatic centrepiece

Water feature in Brussels

July 29th 2008
Having had a nice, long sleep-in on monday to recover from the weekend's Levenslied festivities, Roel's mum was nice enough to drive me back to the train station in Den Bosch for my train to Roosendaal, where I then had to switch trains for the trip to Brussels in Belgium - my sixth country so far! And without even knowing it until I stepped off the train in Brussels, I had managed to coin ... 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

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Having spent my whole life in Brisbane without so much as a week off work - much less an actual holiday - in six-and-a-half years, I suddenly decided (on my 27th birthday) that I'd had enough and needed to get a life. So I quit both of my jobs, moved out of my apartment, packed anything I could fit into my car, and three weeks later I hit the road. Over a thousand kilometres later I ended up in a tiny little town that I had heard about from a friend, with only one street, a few pubs, a few backpacker hostels and a beach. That day was the 1st of June, 2006... I haven't stopped travelling since.... full info

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