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September 3I landed at Zaventem Airport so early that it was a bit dead... the long walk on the terminal to reach the passport check was long. Anyhow, it was an easy check again and I was waiting for my little empty bag.Then I simply walked out in the arrival, not really knowing what to do that early and my flight to London was in the later afternoon. Dumb of me, I could have booked one earlier.It was also a rainy day over Brussels and I finally decided that I didn't really have anything to d...

After the craziness that is Koninginnedag in Amsterdam, i decided a trip to Belgium would be relaxing. It was just what I needed. I spent my first two days in Brussels. I walked around, ate far too much chocolate, drank delicious beer, and had a great night out with a British friend of mine living there. My last day was spent in Brugge. Brugge is such a picturesque place. Reminds me of a fairy tale. I enjoyed walking around and also visiting a few museums.

I can't recall the exact travel time we did from Zurich to Brussels, but I can remember that we had to regrettably drop-off of our itinerary the city of London, which we really would have loved to visit after Switzerland. When we bought our Globalpass, I was into the assumption that we can practically travel to any European cities we choose. It was essentially right, but not in a case going to London, for example. We needed to pay 500 plus Euro (on top of what we paid for the p...

I went for a day to 'brugge' with some friends.

I am moving to Belgium.  Seriously, I think I have found my people and I'm not budging.  Well, I'm going to Bruges tomorrow, but maybe they'll still be my people.  The top reasons why Bruxelles is awesome: - You can walk the length of the city center in 15 min.  At a comfortable 3.5 MPH, not even 4.0. - People are SO friendly!  And they are real Belgians - I have talked to tons and practiced my non-exixstant French and they are born and bred here and love it. - Tod...

Well, I had a great flight towards Munich and it was nice having U. with me on the plane from Munich to Brussels.  I even got to see the Alps. U. bought our shuttle bus tickets to the city centre, I guess, it would have been much harder for me.  The problem developed when we missed our bus stop • right in front of the EU Commission, so we walked backwards to Rond Point Schuman.  Here are some pictures with explanations.  Unfortunately, they donâ&#...

After living here now for a bit more than a year I finally start to feel like being home. I live in Uccle, which is in the south side of Brussels. It's very nice, green and peaceful neighborhood but there's really nothing special to be seen, so I will concentrate to my favorite places and things in BXL.Brussels is a great mixture of everything. What I love most about the city is it's international atmosphere. I have met people from all over the world and made so many new friends.Brussels is o...

Brussels in Belgium is like a second hometown for me...i spend there my erasmus period and i have to admit....I M IN LOVE WITH BRUSSELS!!!!!it was very difficult for me to create this blog as i couldnt decide about the uploading fotos...its very weird to create a blog fot your hometown....lol

After an extra week in Graz I decided to get the bus rather than hitching back to Brussels because I had spent so long procrastinating about getting my visa that I just had to go there and do it. By this stage my visa in Belgium was long expired and I was operating on my three months as a tourist in the Schengen lands deal. Anyone who's spent any length of time in Western Europe should know about this craziness. Actually getting the visa in Antwerp was quite a painless process compared to my ...

My first autumn in the Northern Europe is fantastic weather has been fantastic with unexpectably warm and sunny days and the trees are beautiful! photos are c/o james as he is more motivated to take photos than I am

Some random pics from my random travels

We woke up at 6am and went downstairs to get our bags weighed. On Contiki, your luggage cannot weigh more than 20kgs, and the rule is strictly enforced.  The night before I had to shove a few items in my bus bag as my luggage was 26kgs when leaving Sydney (I know now I shouldnt have brought that much!). Luckily my bag weighed in at just on 20kgs and I was free to go! Next thing I know Bree and I heard someone yell out "European Impressions this way!" Turns out it was our bus driver, Mago...

So last night, I walk up to the front door of the house I am staying in and have the horrible realization that I had forgotten my key inside. And it was 1230a. I debated whether or not I should try and wake the family up and let me in. I voted for no. So instead, I spent all night wondering around Brussels and getting more and more exhasted. I dont know if I should put all of the details in here because it might make of the more faint at heart worry too much. I will be happy to tell you all a...

Gestern habe ich nur die moderne Kathedrale besucht, ein etwas älteres gotisches Gegenstück gibt es aber auch noch. Vorbeigegangen bin ich dort noch gestern abend nach dem Abendessen, zwar war es noch hell und die Sonne noch nicht untergegangen, aber trotzdem schon spät und so war sie leider schon geschlossen. Daraufhin habe ich nachgefragt, wann sie denn öffnen würde - sieben Uhr morgens wurde mir daraufhin mitgeteilt.Also war ich heute pünktlich um sieben Uhr morgens vor der Kathedral...

    Vandrarhemmet var något i särklass. Först fungerade inte våra kortnycklar till den stora entréporten, när den väl gjorde det gick vi upp för en trappa, öppnade en dörr med nyckelkortet som ledde till en gammal, sned, smutsig och till synes välanvänd spiraltrappa! Jag lyckades övervinna min höjdrädsla och gick längst upp till översta våningen, och längst bort i korridoren där vårt rum låg. Rummet var verkligen så kalt som det bara gick att få det. Det...