I turned 44 in June. I have this tradition – when possible – of not being in Belgium for my birthday. From Sweden in 2013 to the Châteaux of the Loire Valley in 2014, Lake Orta in 2015, Rome in 2016, London in 2018, North Carolina and Virginia in 2019, England in 2022, and Rotterdam…
Tag: Castle
NETHERLANDS | Leiden in South Holland
May 2025. I have a few days off so I decide to take a train to Leiden (Leyden, Leyde) in the Dutch province of South Holland to visit the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, or the National Museum of Antiquities. Steve, my former Latin and Ancient Greek teacher in my teen years, says it’s quite good. As…
Flanders highlights Castles of the Brussels Green Belt
Tourism Flanders (Toerisme Vlaanderen), Flemish Brabant Tourism (Toerisme Vlaams-Brabant) and Gaasbeek Castle launched a campaign that puts the rich range of castles on the Flemish Periphery (Vlaamse Rand) around Brussels in the spotlight – not only as cultural heritage, but also as tourist attractions for home and abroad.
FRANCE | Château de Chantilly
Every year my boyfriend Sam and I gift each other a weekend away as a birthday gift. This year my birthday in September was during our Cruise to the Norwegian Fjords, thus my boyfriend decided to plan my ‘birthday present trip‘ in the month of December 2024. While first looking at Germany and some of…
Visiting the Kraków Salt Mines and Castle
In the Spring of 2018 Ivan and I made a trip through Germany, Poland and Czechia. On this trip we stayed a few days in Kraków and after we had visited the infamous death camps of Oświęcim (Auschwitz) we decided for some lighter items to fill our next day.
Trip By Trip 