A view from the Hotel Amigo

From Lisbon to Belgium

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January 24th 2007
I am in Belgium, tired and very cranky. The meeting in Lisbon this morning went well though. I never screwed up the courage to walk around alone, but I was able to see more of Lisbon when I went to lunch with another of our lawyers along the Tagus River, at a modern, upscale restaurant called Belem Bar Cafe or BBC ... 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