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Riding the Rails in Europe
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 13 November 2009
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Europe was all the train travel I did. Using my Eurail pass, I rode across the continent through the amazing scenery. In the past, I had done limited train travel but, usually my travel plans are always random, so I typically jet set around Europe on [...]
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Lady in Luxembourg
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
A few weeks ago I came to an exciting realization. By the end of this year I will have been to 49 countries in my life and 24 countries in 2008. But I wasn't satisfied. 49? It's not 50. 24? It's not 25. Unhappy with the numbers, I immediately racked my brain for an easy trip that would bump up the count to 50 and 25, respectively.
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Bruges, Belgium: where only the weak pound blocks the road to obesity
Blog: 501 Places - 26 October 2009
How many chocolate shops can you find in Bruges? I am fairly certain the number will comfortably exceed 50, and may even be closer to 100. Not bad for a small city. On almost every street you will pass a chocolatier, proudly displaying their wares and leaving their door wide open to tempt you with [...]
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Flanders – the killing fields of Europe
Blog: 501 Places - 24 October 2009
Standing among the thousands of graves at Tynedale Cot cemetery, tightly packed row upon row on the hillside by the village of Passendale, there is no escaping the enormity of the tragedies that millions of families endured in those dark days of the First World War. Many graves bear no name – only a regiment [...]
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Quetzal in Ghent
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 24 September 2009
I probably don’t need to convince many people that chocolate is the best thing ever (ladies, am I right?). I for one am a hardcore chocoholic…in fact, the Mayans are my favorite civilization ever because, although they made that crazy calendar everyone’s freaking out about these days, they still gave the world chocolate and I can’t [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Manneken Pis in Belgium
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 22 September 2009
Get ready for the biggest disappointment when it comes to landmark sightseeing, at least that’s what everyone says. The Manneken Pis is the symbol of Belgium, rating higher than the Atomium, and a must-see when you go to Brussels for the first time. I mean even when you arrive at the airport you get bombarded [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Lazy Sunday Photo: Gentse Feesten ‘09 Fireworks
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 5 September 2009
Official Website Map of Location – Google Maps Gentse Feesten ‘09 – Flickr Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Blood River
Blog: Travellerwill's blog - 3 September 2009
Blood River by Tim Butcher is the bestselling travel writing book of recent years and with good reason. When he wrote it Mr Butcher was the Johannesburg correspondent of the ‘Daily Telegraph’ and while covering events in Africa he became interested in the journey of the British/American explorer H.M. Stanley across the centre of Africa, [...]
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Dr. Guislain Museum in Ghent
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 26 August 2009
In honor of my crazy time spent here in Ghent, today we’ll be visiting the Dr. Guislain Museum. This is a museum of psychiatric and psychological history set in a still-operating psychiatric hospital. The museum’s namesake, Dr. Guislain, was a pioneer in patients’ rights back in the early 1800s, which was revolutionary, as this was a [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Vacation Photo – La Roche-en-Ardenne in Belgium
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 21 August 2009
Beloved readers, We are on a weekend vacation in the Belgian Ardennes for a last hurrah before my move to Amsterdam next week. Check back for our regular posts starting again Monday, and for our Saturday Guest Posts and Lazy Sunday Photos again next weekend! As always, thank you for your support! Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Been There, Done That, and Loved Every Single Minute of It-Part I, Europe
Blog: EZGuler - 15 August 2009
I would be a terrible host if I didn't offer my guests pieces that look and sound appealing, so I have decided, with the coaxing of my beloved JT, to abandon the "Top Ten" title for something with more...pizzaz! There must be other words to describe these compact, efficient lists without having to resort to the boring, age-old "Top Ten List" apendage. Plus, what if I want to offer more than just 10? So here I go, with photographic lists of places and events I feel are worth putting the effort and time into capturing while you are traveling.
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Openluchtcinema in Sint Baafsabdij in Ghent
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 13 August 2009
For our readers in Ghent (or for those who are planning to visit Ghent this month or around this time in the future) – if you’re looking for something to do on Friday evenings in August after a tiring week, there is an open-air cinema being held on the grassy courtyard of Sint Baafsabdij (St. [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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F.A.C.T.S. in Ghent
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 10 August 2009
I read comic books. There I said it! Mostly American ones, which I’m a bit ashamed of, not because they’re bad but since Belgium is the comic book country (stripverhaal/BD), I feel like I should dedicate myself more to the local product. I did have a lot of Tintin, Spirou, Marsupilami, among other European ones, when [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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The Best Waffles in Ghent
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 4 August 2009
I know the title offers a bold statement, but it’s true. Back when I first got to Ghent, I only knew a few things about Belgian cuisine – mussels, fries, chocolate, beer, and…waffles. Almost a year and a half later, I don’t know much else, actually. But what else do you need, really? A delicious and [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Bye bye Belgium
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 3 August 2009
So ‘A Clockwork Orange’, good but not amazing I’d say. How much does Stanley Kubrick like breasts!?! I’m finally on my way to Luxembourg, though I’ve got a much later train than I intended as it took me ages to sort out the hostel booking for tomorrow in Cologne. This means I’m not going to get [...]
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The Hangover
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 2 August 2009
God I love my iPhone. I woke up at 13:00 with a rather nasty hangover so I decided to put off going to Luxembourg until tomorrow. I checked the email confirmation for the hostel phone number, saved it and then fired up Skype, 30 seconds later the bed for tonight was cancelled. Just like in [...]
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Flanders finished
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 1 August 2009
We are on our way to Gent now, all be it a little slower than we intended as we’ve got on the train that goes all around the houses and doubles the travel time (still only to an hour mind). Well Gent was okay, but a little dull really. It had some pretty bits very much [...]
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Wafflin’ on
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 31 July 2009
Currently I’m enjoying a cold and refreshing glass of Jupiler with the Antwerp sunshine cast over me. Not a bad way to spend half an hour. The city seems pretty cool, again it’s quite pretty but there seems to be a fair bit going on too. Cathedral of Our Lady was the only landmark I took in [...]
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Mussels from Brussels
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 30 July 2009
I watched ‘In The Name of The Father’ last night which I thought was excellent but was dissapointed when I done a fair bit of reading afterwards and discovered that half of it was fabricated. This spoiled it somewhat for me as some subjects are too important to have daft amounts of Hollywood poetic-linense applied [...]
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Château Miranda (Noisy) in Belgium
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 29 July 2009
A couple of days after arriving in Belgium, I went for a weekend in the Ardennes with a group of friends to get to know them better, eat, drink, be around nature, and watch a meteor shower. Unfortunately, the latter activity was not possible because it was during a foggy night (assuming it would have [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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In Bruges
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 29 July 2009
I’m just on my way to Bruges now after having ordered a return ticket and enquired which platform the train departs from, all in French. I do struggle a bit with mimicking the accent but I think that’s partly because I resent having to. You see it’s perfectly acceptable for David Ginola to turn up on [...]
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Battle of the Bulge
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 28 July 2009
We just took it fairly easy last night, I was knackered as i’d been up to 5 the night before and my accommodating Finnish host had work in the morning. A nice meal out in a very European restaurant (I had stoemp saucesses which is basically bangers ‘n mash) washed down with a few bières [...]
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Werregaren Straat in Ghent
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 24 July 2009
Collecting photos of street art is like trying collecting the infinite. You will never find the same piece again, because they are always unique and always changing. For those of you that don’t mind the fact that you will never be able to complete your collection, this will keep you busy for all your life, [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Anarchy Getting to the UK….or, The Chunnel of Love
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 3 July 2009
To date, all my travel by train (save for 48 hour hell trip from Dallas to LA) has been pretty uneventful. Getting from The Hague to London, however, was sort of a nightmare. It started on Thursday when I was planning on leaving Amsterdam and going to London with a stop in The Hague to [...]
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Brussels, Amsterdam and the Green Fairy
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 26 June 2009
I’ve left Brussels and have made the short trip to Amsterdam. I enjoyed my time in Brussels but in the end I was left with the question “what is really there?”. Brussels is the capital of the European Union and of NATO, as well as being the capital of Belgium. Unlike Paris or Rome the [...]
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