When in Brussels it is necessary to visit the museums, given that they have gone to so much trouble to put them all together in one place. We managed to visit two of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium – the Art and History Museum with a goodContinue Reading
The interesting part about Belgium is the diversity. It extends to religion as well as everything else, and Brussels claims to be 60% catholic, 30% no religion and 10% for the rest. My mum always told me that Belgium was a Catholic country. She must have forgotten about the north halfContinue Reading
Belgium is a small place, so it is easy to have a quick look at the nearby cities of Brugge and Ghent. We took a bus tour and were treated to three commentaries – English, French and Spanish – all by the same woman who confessed that she wouldContinue Reading
The Atomium was built as the centrepiece of the 1958 International Exhibition held in Brussels. Just like the Eiffel Tower, it decided to stay around and live a life independent of the International Exhibition and has now become a symbol of Brussels. The Atomium was named by combining the wordContinue Reading
The Beginning Alan Joyce was right. I am out of practice at holiday traveling. In spite of several post COVID trips to Adelaide and Melbourne and two overseas trips to New Zealand in the last three months, when we planned our first trip to Europe since 2019, we fell foulContinue Reading