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Europa 2013

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August 5th 2013
We had a challenging day today. Our first day using our Eurorail pass. We had done our homework yesterday to make sure that we knew which railway station we needed to depart from and which platform we needed to be on so no problems in that regard. We had even activated the pass yesterday which you have to do on your first train journey. Organised and all good. We had two regional trains to catch t ... 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