Showing posts with label Grand Place. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grand Place. Show all posts

Thursday, 25 June 2015

Going back to Belgium: the wonderful Grand Place at night and the lovely and magical city of Bruges.

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Going back to Belgium: the wonderful Grand Place at night 
and the lovely and magical city of Bruges.

In November 2013 my best friend and I went on another trip together, this time to Belgium. For me, as those of you who have been reading me know, Brussels was not new, but it was for my friend. However, this time we were not satisfied with just staying in the Belgian capital and so we also went to the splendid region of Bruges. After reading about Bruges in many articles from the National Geographic, we went there with very high expectations and, as expected, we were not disappointed. In fact, at least on this trip, we kind of preferred Bruges to Brussels due to its charm, its inhabitants, the hotel we stayed at...

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Brussels: Nôtre Dame du Sablon, the Grand Place, the Manneken Pis and a selection of the finest Belgian chocolates.

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Brussels: Nôtre Dame du Sablon, the Grand Place, the Manneken Pis 
and a selection of the finest Belgian chocolates.

I love Europe. Some people say that whenever you've seen a European city, you've seen them all, but that's not entirely true. I have travelled to quite a few European cities (and I still haven't seen them all) and I've always found that each one of them has some special traits that makes it different from the rest. European countries are quite small in comparison to some other countries in other continents, but that is just due to its historical evolution. It is due to this evolution that all European countries have different cultures and traditions and it's always a pleasure to discover each one of these particular traits.