Rediscovering Canadian WWI History in Ypres
[caption id="attachment_636" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Menin Gate[/caption] My parents came to visit me in Belgium for the week following Christmas. We explored Leuven and Brugge, enjoyed gluhwein and speculoos, and celebrated New Years Eve in the Oude Markt; but the highest on their "to do" list was a trip out to ...
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Christmas in Belgium
This holiday season I was über lucky to be invited to Christmas dinner at the Billiau's and to experience the holiday season in true Belgian style. In Belgium, Christmas is typically celebrated at home with a delicious meal; and I was treated to a traditional Belgian meal right down to the dessert. As part of my Christmas ...
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Bourgondiër Weekend in Belgium
Burgundians, in the Nederlands, can be explained (as a cliché) as those who enjoy the relaxed lives of southern Limburgers, Brabants and Flemish. Others say that this lifestyle derived from the excessive luxury and lavish lifestyle of the Burgundian court especially when this court moved to Brussels in ...
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What I know about Belgian Beer… so far…
Anyone who knows me knows that one of my favourite pastimes is drinking a cold beer in the sunshine with friends or family... heck sometimes by myself with a book to unwind from a long day. So Belgium should be a perfect fit for me considering it has about 125 breweries, 500 different types of beer, and its residents drink an ...
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Meredith in Beautiful Belgium
[caption id="attachment_12" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Park Abbey in Leuven"][/caption] Well, this is my first post and I can't decide what to write about. At the moment I am sitting in Leuven, Belgium listening to Reel Big Fish. I just finished eating fresh sliced red tomatoes on Cracotte crackers with goat ...
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