On the horse carriage in Ghent

Gidday up horsey!

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April 16th 2010
Geo: 50.8371, 4.36761It was perfect blue when we woke, but the sun disappeared faster than we moved – by the time we had got up (checked the emails) and were out the door to Ghent and Bruges, it was grey again. (From the passenger's viewpoint), driving in Brussels was a lot easier than Paris – much calmer, but the added excitement of trams and bicycles, both of which have absolut ... read more

Europe » Belgium

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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