Rue Blaies

Arrival in Brussels!

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June 11th 2014
After the plane landing we found our way to the train, and we bought tickets for the train* heading into Brussels and told us which platform to go to to catch the train. I asked for a map of the metro, and he seemed rather confounded as to why I would need that. Well, this was the train heading into Brussels, so the map did not help us much, except to help us locate at train station that would con ... 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