Of all the places I visited during my weekend exploring Luxembourg, Vianden was by far my favourite town. I kept wondering out loud how this place could possibly be so cute and photogenic! The furthest spot from Luxembourg City on…
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Larochette is a little town in the heart of Luxembourg. Situated on the banks of the White Ernz River and surrounded on all sides by dense forest and walls of rock, Larochette is as quaint as they come. On my expedition…
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The day was slightly overcast, clouds dotted the blue washed sky. Desperate to get out of Brussels and see something new, with the list of places I hadn't yet seen in Belgium ever-dwindling, I took the train on a Sunday…
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In search of sunshine and signs of spring, I went on a solo adventure out to Mons, a small town on the border with France, just south of Tournai. Having not heard or read much about it, I was pleasantly…
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The last on the list of the main places we wanted to visit in Belgium was Tournai, a city on the western side of Belgium, right on the French border. Home most famously to the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Tournai and…
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It seemed we waited all winter for snow, even driving across the country to try and find it. Turns out, we just had to wait for February to roll around; it snowed last weekend and then a thick blanket of…
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As we're on a mission to literally see all of Belgium before the borders reopen and we can safely travel abroad again, we're spending most of our weekends venturing out of Brussels to see what else there is to do.…
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It feels like Belgium might just have one of the most bureaucratic and tricky systems of welcoming foreigners. Before you begin reading this intentionally light-hearted take on an otherwise frustrating start to my expat life in Belgium, let me just…
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Nico just wrapped up his intense exam period at uni (a whopping seven exams in less than three weeks), so we had planned a little weekend getaway to Luxembourg. Partially to celebrate him finishing his first semester and partially because…
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Well, 2020 was damn weird. We started out the year so optimistically, fresh off a most lovely Christmas holiday in California with my parents. It quickly wound up being the strangest year yet. COVID-19 had a major impact on our…
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While COVID-19 saw us have a very lowkey Christmas, spent at home in our new apartment in our pjs with gingerbread and Christmas movies, we decided to get away for a few days just before the end of the year.…
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Wallonia encompasses the southern region of Belgium and is home to the bulk of the population of French-speaking Belgians. It's well-known for being home to idyllic castles and towns, each providing a bit of magic and bringing what seems like…
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