The Beguinage of Bruges

A very specific type of nunnery where the nuns only take 2 of their 3 vows. These nuns did not live completely secluded and withdrawn lives from regular society and could leave whenever they wanted to.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg and Belgium

October 8th 2014
On Monday, August 11th, we left Paris and were off to Luxembourg, Luxembourg! We only had the afternoon there but enjoyed walking around the city. Luxembourg (the city) is divided into two parts, with a valley between them. The valley has a mixture of buildings (houses, restaurants, and shops) and nature, with trails and paths through the trees. We took an elevator from the top of the valley to ... read more

Europe » Belgium

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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