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| | | | |  | Une grande bouche
2004-07-09, Mons, Belgium. By: cstclai | | There was a funny incident at work today. My co-worker and I were unloading a palette of boxes in the department, and a guy who works in another department, but is always loitering in our department,... |
| | | |  | A Day of a thousand stairs
2004-07-08, Liege, Belgium. By: kimbayma | | Bonjour a liege—again. I’m so many people are writing messages, it’s terrific! So today, ah yes, the day of a thousand stairs. We went on “the great church tour de Liege” which meant many, many pla... |
| | | | | | | | | | Wet and Rainy :(
2004-07-07, Liege, Belgium. By: kimbayma | | Let’s start with class and continue from there… class was difficult today. My speech is absolutely terrible and thinking in French is not coming very easily. Frustrating, yes, but the upside is that... |
| | | | | Out and About - Liege Style
2004-07-06, Liege, Belgium. By: kimbayma | | Ah… the love that is Liege… So, first full day of class. I was placed at second level, which was a bit disappointing. However, I know I will still learn a heck of a lot and have a great time. The ... |
| | | | | First Full Day of Liege Life
2004-07-05, Liege, Belgium. By: kimbayma | | First day of class=placement test (me=ugggghhhh)
So, last night me & a bunch of my fellow etudiants (“students en francais”) hit the big town of Liege up for some down time. Since the Tour de Fra... |
| | | | | Bruges and the Tour de France
2004-07-05, Mons, Belgium. By: cstclai | | Bruges was absolutely beautiful! It has this air of perfect preservation. you don't feel like you are in some kind of staged setup that is meant to look historical and cool. It is completely authen... |
| | | |  | finally here!
2004-07-04, Liege, Belgium. By: kimbayma | | bonjour from liege! well, after a very late flight and surviving the trains--i am safe in my dorm. i had a random german strike up a conversation with me (he was old enough to be my dad!) and got to... |
| | | | | Week two: check mark
2004-07-03, Bruges, Belgium. By: cstclai | | I am writing now from an internet cafe in bruges. however, I think I will delay writing about bruges until I get back to mons, since I have only been here for a few hours. The past few days have bee... |
| | | | | My Belgian life continues, plus Gunter
2004-06-30, Mons, Belgium. By: cstclai | | Things are continuing normally and peacefully at the store. I have noticed a big improvement this week on the amount I can understand of what my co-workers say. One reason is that I have figured out... |
| | | | | Daytrip to Ghent
2004-06-28, Mons, Belgium. By: cstclai | | Ghent ("Gand" in french, and "gent" to the flemish people who live in ghent) was great! It had the typical belgian look about it: guildhouses, city hall, canals, cobblestones. It is on the other si... |
| | | | | Week One: Checkmark
2004-06-26, Mons, Belgium. By: cstclai | | I've have successfully completed my first full week of work! Only three more weeks here. It gets progressively more relaxed and enjoyable everyday. I have just about figured all the breads out too,... |
| | | | | A discovery
2004-06-24, Mons, Belgium. By: cstclai | | I am not sure if I have mentioned "sandwiches americains" yet. If not, sandwiches with this meat spread, called "americain" are the most popular sandwich here. they are kind of standard, and when I ... |
| | | | | There's nothing wrong with gluttony....
2004-06-23, Mons, Belgium. By: cstclai | | It is a beautiful day here! I love the sun, and it rarely shines in Belgium. The weather has been cool (mid-60s during the day, mid-to-low 50s at night) and perpetually cloudy. It will rain off and... |
| | | | | First day of work
2004-06-21, Mons, Belgium. By: cstclai | | Things are really starting to settle into a nice routine here. My first real day of work was wonderful. I get there at seven, collect the day-old bread and tarts, record them, restock the bread bins... |
| | | | | Sore Throat
2004-06-19, Mons, Belgium. By: cstclai | | It has been awhile, so to update: My second day in Brussels was fairly uneventful. I got ready, went like a nerd to the train station where I would leave out from for Mons, and made sure I knew wher... |
| | | | | lace, waffles, chocolate, peeing boy
2004-06-16, Brussels, Belgium. By: cstclai | | Belgium may be characterized by their lace, waffles, chocolate, and statue of the peeing boy, and surprisingly these aren't unfair stereotypes. I don't know if they are trying to capitalize on these ... |
| | | |  | Brujas
2003-12-14, Brugge, Belgium. By: celind73 | | Don't know much of the history of Brugge, this small but very charming city in northwestern Belgium. The Spanish name makes one wonder however. Brujas - witches. What the heck was going on back in the... |
| | | | | The Collective Sigh
2003-08-26, Brussels, Belgium. By: celind73 | | Brussels is a quite nice city. Nice buildings, lots of sights, lots of institutions. Some famous monuments and statues scattered over the city for tourists. Grand Place with surrounding buildings is q... |
| | | | | Having A Ball
2003-08-26, Antwerp, Belgium. By: celind73 | | It's ball time in Antwerp. Many, many university students have dressed up for the occasion. With some exceptions, e.g. the freak who thinks that wearing a pink t-shirt with a tie is rebelish. Hilton H... |
| | | | | The Little Ruler Of Europe
2003-08-23, Brussels, Belgium. By: celind73 | | Grand Place is indeed grand. The main square of Brussels is surrounded by very old, very nice buildings. My two friends - both ladies - want me to get back safely to the hostal. They therefore point o... |
| | | |  | Happy Birthday, dearest Scorbie !
2002-01-26, Antwerp, Belgium. By: sylvie | | Hi darling,
This is your journal but today it is we writing… ahaaa!
It is still 26th January when writing this although the place where you are having fun it is nearly time to wake up… Hopefully... |
| | | |  | brussels weekend
2000-09-01, brussels, Belgium. By: lomotravel | | from the airport the train ride takes approximately 15 minutes and drops you off at Gare Midi, right in the heart of Brussels. We walked straight out the station, down a slightly winding road, made a ... |
| | | |  | Driving
2002-08-08, Belgium, Belgium. By: temppu_ | | Brussels is the worst city I've visited so far, but I had to mention some nice about Belgium a little town called Namur.. =) |
| | | |  | On the way!!!
2001-09-16, Brussels, Belgium. By: dan | | Yippee! In spite of the British transport system's many attempts to prevent me from exiting the country, I have escaped! I laugh in the face of trifling opposition such as faulty chunnels and broken d... |
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