A fountain near the hotel.

Through the Chunnel and then some

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May 16th 2015
Today was a travel day For us. We took the high speed train from London to Brussels. The security at the train station was pretty much the same as at an airport. The only odd thing for us was that once we took our seats we fumbled for a moment to buckle our seat belts, which of course aren't there. The whole trip took only 2 hours and that included a stop in England and a stop in France. According ... 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