Southern Artic sea from plane

First Europe impressions: Belgium and Netherlands

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June 23rd 2015
In the first six days of our European adventure we have experienced so, so much that it is difficult to condense down to a blog entry. Nevertheless, here goes my best attempt to share our discoveries in broad brush text and letting the pictures do the rest of the talking. After leaving from Seattle at midday we flew all night over the southern Artic and Greenland, without ever really seeing the ... read more

Europe » Belgium » Brussels-Capital Region » Brussels

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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