Belgium

Glorious Ghent

Posted by on Feb 1, 2016 in Belgium, Europe | 0 comments

Glorious Ghent

Erin and I decided that it was time for a girls day out, so we left the kids with the boys in Brussels and drove up to Ghent. It took less than an hour, and again, because Belgium is so organised, it was pretty straight forward. We did accidentally park in a hotel when we first arrived, but thankfully worked it out pretty quickly and managed to move our car just in time. This was handy as they charged 30€ per half an hour for people who weren’t staying the hotel! The weather was perfect and we spent most...

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Return to Beautiful Bruges

Posted by on Apr 12, 2015 in Belgium, Europe | 0 comments

Return to Beautiful Bruges

In 2004 Scott and I spent 5 days driving around Belgium and Holland. It was one of my favourite little mini-break that we ever took. The first place we visited was Bruges. Both of us absolutely adored this little town and I can highly recommend going if you are in the area. It is old, quaint, small and easy to walk around. There are waffles, chocolate and beer everywhere. There is even a little bar that we went to called ‘t Brugs Beertje which had over 300 beers (all with their own glasses) to choose from. To say Scott...

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What to see in Brussels

Posted by on Mar 25, 2015 in Belgium, Europe | 0 comments

What to see in Brussels

Where is Brussels? After nearly 6 weeks in France we decided we were ready for a new country …. something drastically different perhaps? So we drove about 4 hours north east across the boarder and we landed in Belgium. For those you who haven’t been, Belgium is pretty similar to France, although citizens of both countries might choose to deny it! However, we had some friends in Brussels so we thought we might go and visit for a few days. The first thing we did was have a belated little birthday Party for Tom. It turns out you really don’t...

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