a warm welcome from William and Hannah

Day 6 – Troyes to Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels (2980km to date)

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May 24th 2013
We set off in the sunshine after a reasonable last night in the Premiere Classe hotel. These budget hotels have been quite good for the type of journey we were doing but their WiFi connection was so bad, we had to resort to uploading the photos for the blog via the mobile phone connection a few times. The route from Troyes was almost due north for a good stretch and we were expecting to drive t ... read more

Europe » Belgium » Brussels-Capital Region » Watermael-Boitsfort

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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