In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
Month: April 2024
ANTWERP | Innovations in the Middelheim Museum provide a completely new visitor experience
The Middelheim Museum in Antwerp looks completely different today than it did a year and a half ago. The new arrangement of the permanent collection is thematic: in this way we shed new light on familiar works and make way for a number of new works. The park was thoroughly renovated.
2023 Occitania – Andorra – Catalonia Road Trip
September 2023. Oriol and I are flying to Toulouse for a road trip in Occitania and (French) Catalonia. We include the Principality of Andorra, which I can finally tick off the bucket list, and Llívia, Spain‘s exclave in France. Besides Toulouse we visit Mont-Louis, Villefranche-de-Conflent, Perpignan and Carcassonne.
ANTWERP | New Rubens House building and garden to open on 30 August 2024
The Rubens House in Antwerp will reopen on 30 August 2024. A visit starts from Hopland 13. The brand new building by Robbrecht en Daem architects gives access to Rubens Experience, the lushly redesigned Baroque garden and the library. Tickets are now for sale.
World premiere: Brussels Airlines and Tomorrowland present aircraft with augmented reality in new livery
On 25 April 2024 Brussels Airlines and the Tomorrowland techno festival in Boom proudly presented Amare, the newest Belgian Icon. Amare represents unity for people all over the world. The brand-new Airbus A320neo‘s livery features augmented reality, a world-first. Both partners also ramp-up efforts to make the Tomorrowland-flights more sustainable.
MACAU GRAND PRIX | Trying to catch glimpses of the Guia Circuit, Formula 3 and GT cars
It’s been a while since I used a travel agent to plan a trip. But a major travel agent in Belgium posted a deal one can’t refuse in a newsletter in June 2023. Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific and three nights at the four-star Park Hotel Hong Kong in…
European Railway and Infrastructure Companies present wish list for next European Parliament and European Commission
Ahead of the European elections this June, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has launched its 2024-29 manifesto ‘On Track For Europe‘ at a high-level event hosted in the European Parliament this evening by MEP Dominique Riquet (Radical Party) from France. Aimed firmly at reaching the modal shift and modal share objectives…
REVIEW | Lufthansa Economy Frankfurt to Brussels
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
RED STAR LINE MUSEUM | ‘A wanted refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line’ exhibition until Sunday 8 September 2024
So the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp translated ‘Een gewilde vluchteling: Einstein en Red Star Line‘ into ‘A wanted refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line‘ and not into ‘A desirable refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line‘. Anyway, you can visit the exhibition until Sunday 8 September 2024.
Touring Toulouse
September 2023. Oriol and I are flying to Toulouse for a road trip in Occitania and (French) Catalonia. We include the Principality of Andorra, which I can finally tick off the bucket list, and Llívia, Spain‘s exclave in France. Besides Toulouse we visit Mont-Louis, Villefranche-de-Conflent, Perpignan and Carcassonne.
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