Tag Archives: Point of Interest

Bruges is a city that you can visit many times, always with new things to see and experience. The World Heritage status is well-earned. Before the trip I saw the wonderful movie In Bruges from 2008 with Colin Farrell, Brendan … Continue reading →

This New Year some friends from Sweden are coming over so I decided to put together a small (7K) walk around Brussels centre. The walk starts from Metro Rogier and follows Nieuvstraat, which is one of the major shopping streets. … Continue reading →

The Centre of Europe? Brussels is situated in a very central part of Western Europe. It has an easy access to the coast both in Belgium, Holland and France. In addition, it is no more than three hours’ drive to … Continue reading →

It is autumn and really nice weather so a trip to the countryside was on the agenda this weekend. By coincidence we stumbled into a Fête de la Pomme in the small village of Céroux, 40 km south of Brussels. … Continue reading →

A beautiful weekend filled with a lot of possibilities. Saturday started with a 20K walk/run along part 5-6 of the Green Walk around Brussels. My wife and I picked up where we left in blog week 24. The buss 95 … Continue reading →

Another warm and sunny Saturday and I decided to take a trip to the Botanic Gardens, just outside Brussels. This is a large park (92 acres) and contains the historic Castle of Bouchout, with its square 14th century tower. The … Continue reading →

So it finally came, the last real weekend of the summer and by that also end of vacation. However it turned out to be an amazing weekend with temperatures close to 30 degrees. This must have been one of the … Continue reading →

This weekend we took, for the first time, an excursion up to the Ardennes. We programmed the gps for Dinant. This town means two things, at least, Sex and Beer! Sorry Sax and Beer. No clues? If I mention Leffe … Continue reading →

Yes, back in Brussels after the longest vacation ever and one of the most amazing so far. I did the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, something that has been on our list for many years. If anyone is interested check … Continue reading →

The summer continues and on Sunday I took the public transport out to the impressive Atomium. It is located in the Heysel Park where you also find Heysel Stadium which after the disaster in 1985 (where 39 specators were killed … Continue reading →