The Beach at Oostende

Week 27 - Oostende Beach day, Tournai day trip

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August 7th 2012
24/7/2012 Today it was an amazingly hot day here, around 26 degrees, with no clouds. So off went Laetitia, Ali, some of her friends to Michaels house, and spent all day lying in the sun, and bronzing our collectively pale skins. First swim of summer here though. Ali’s friends Laura and Ludivine came with to have last minute chats, since she was parting us in a few days. 26/7/2012 Oostende ... read more

Europe » Belgium » Walloon Brabant

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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