La Cité du Vin or The City of Wine is an unavoidable museum in Bordeaux. So when we were in Bordeaux in September 2019, Danny and I visited.
Author: Timothy
🇧🇪 Hobby journalist for @beoutbe, blogger @tripbytriporg, keen vexillologist, train conductor NMBS/SNCB, traveller, F1 follower, friend of Dorothy.
Last day, check-out and disembarking from MSC Cruises
After Florence and Venice, Steve and I embarked on our East Mediterranean cruise on board MSC Sinfonia. The cruise took us from Venice in Italy to Split in Croatia, Santorini in Greece, Dubrovnik, Ancona and back to Venice. Unfortunately we didn’t make it to Mykonos.
‘Porn, Pulp and Literature’ exhibition at Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library in Antwerp (until 14 February 2020)
If you get the chance, go and visit the ‘Porn, Pulp and Literature‘ at the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library, aka Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, in Antwerp.
Antwerp Chocolate Week 2020 from 6 to 15 March
Antwerpen Koekenstad holds Chocoladeweek or Chocolate Week from 6 to 15 March. An opportunity to discover chocolate goodness in Antwerp.
Searching for history in Ancona, Marche, Italy
After Florence and Venice, Steve and I embarked on our East Mediterranean cruise on board MSC Sinfonia. The cruise took us from Venice in Italy to Split in Croatia, Santorini in Greece, Dubrovnik, Ancona and back to Venice. Unfortunately we didn’t make it to Mykonos.
Gay pride calendar 2020
While 2019 commemorated, celebrated and misused the Stonewall Inn Riots of 1969, 2020 actually marks the 50th anniversary of (gay) pride.
Guilty as charged: travelling to destinations suffering from mass tourism
I really outdid myself this year. Barcelona? Check. Venice? Check. Amsterdam? Check. Dubrovnik? Check. I visited three of the most often named destinations suffering from mass tourism.
VIDEO | Handelsbeurs or Bourse of Antwerp
Recently after a long renovation process and years of neglect the Handelsbeurs or Bourse of Antwerp reopened. But the neo-gothic hall isn’t open 24/7 to the general public. I attended a Christmas concert to be able to go inside.
On board a TGV Atlantique from Marne-la-VallĂ©e – Chessy to Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
After the Thalys from Antwerp-Central to Marne-la-VallĂ©e – Chessy near Paris we took an inOui (ex-TGV) train to Bordeaux-Saint-Jean. SNCF uses aging Alstom TGV Atlantique EMU’s for this service.
#GOT: Game of Tourism in Dubrovnik, Croatia
After Florence and Venice, Steve and I embarked on our East Mediterranean cruise on board MSC Sinfonia. The cruise took us from Venice in Italy to Split in Croatia, Santorini in Greece, Dubrovnik, Ancona and back to Venice. Unfortunately we didn’t make it to Mykonos.
