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    • MatkaajaEuropa ‘23
      232
      Päivä 11

      De pasada en 📍Bruselas

      31. toukokuuta 2023, Belgia ⋅ 🌙 19 °C

      Hoy fue en día de pasada en Bruselas. Nos despertamos y directamente salimos a recorrer, pero como siempre, con paradas técnicas para comprar cositas dulces para comer🍩🍭🍡🍫. No saque muchas fotos, pero nos encanto la ciudad.
      Almorzamos en el departamento y nos dormimos una sienta porque no dábamos más. Nos levantamos un poco tarde pero salimos a pasear igual. Cenamos afuera y de postre compré un súper waffle riquísimo 🧇      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaEurope 2019
      Päivä 15

      Musee des Instruments de Musique

      18. syyskuuta 2019, Belgia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      This museum of musical instruments was very interesting. It is housed in the Old English Building, which used to be a department store. The self guided tour is excellent, as you input a number to the audio guide and then hear the sound of the instrument you are looking at in the display being played. The collection is extensive, and it was interesting to see how many countries, for example, used bag pipes or some version of pipes and a bag. I knew there would be a large range of stringed instruments, but again, the diversity of shape and sound was very interesting. There was a whole floor dedicated to keyboards, as they claim that the only instrument that definitely has its origins in Europe is the keyboard.

      The architecture of the building was also lovely, as it was once a department store, it had a lovely central lift that was fully operational. We caught the lift to the top floor where there is a restaurant and terrace that affords you wonderful views across Brussels.      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaFrance 2022
      Päivä 29

      Hello Brussels - we’ve missed you

      12. lokakuuta 2022, Belgia ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C

      It was our first full day in Brussels and, except for meeting Brigitte for lunch, our plans were fairly fluid. We had breakfast at a little place in the covered galleries near our apartment before heading off to explore Brussels. We had to locate an Apple Store and a Nespresso store, so with the assistance of Apple maps we went in search of these stores, stopping frequently to snap photos of the gorgeous old buildings we saw on the way.

      Unfortunately, Ian’s Apple phone charger got fried yesterday. I was using it on the train, it worked initially and then stopped charging, but I didn’t notice anything unusual. However, when we got to the apartment last night and he plugged it in, it wouldn’t work and it tripped a power circuit, which meant several lights and power points wouldn’t work. That’s when Ian noticed his charger had black marks on it. We located the switchboard and re-set the tripped circuit, but his charger was cactus.

      We found the Apple Store and we were assisted by the very helpful Patrick, who was chuffed to serve his first ever Australian customers. What should have been a 5 minute transaction took about 45 minutes as Patrick was very happy to chat with us about all things Australian. Finally, with a new charger purchased we farewelled Patrick in search of the Nespresso store. Again, they were very happy to be serving Australians. After we had selected our pods we were offered a coffee, which we gladly accepted.

      With the essential shopping done we wandered around this beautiful city, heading back towards our apartment as we were to meet Brigitte at 1 pm for lunch. Her request was to return to the same Italian restaurant, Sole d’Italia, where we had eaten together just over 3 years ago, and we were happy to agree. We found the restaurant and, as luck would have it, we were seated at the same table!

      We all chose pizzas and a lovely bottle of Nebbiolo which went down a treat. After lunch Brigitte came back to the apartment to check it out before heading off home. We did a bit of food and essentials shopping and then went out for dinner to a great wine bar called Unik - it is literally 30 metres down the road. We had a charcuterie and cheese board, including vegetables, and a glass of red. It was a great place, with fabulous food, good wine and a wonderful team of staff. In fact the guy serving us had come out to Melbourne just before ‘the COVID’ (as it is referred to in Europe) to play football for Melbourne City. This obviously didn’t happen and now he is back in Belgium working as an assistant manager in a great wine bar, his football dream gone.      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaFrance 2022
      Päivä 28

      Training it from Bordeaux to Brussels

      11. lokakuuta 2022, Belgia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      Our train trip to Brussels departed from Bordeaux St Jean at 12:58 and was scheduled to arrive at 18:43 at Brussels Midi. We met our host Charlotte at the apartment to hand over the keys and provided her with some feedback, all of which was good. It was drizzling a bit, but we decided to walk to the station. As the train trip was about six hours, we thought the walk would do us good. We arrived at the station a little damp and had more than an hour to wait, so found a place to sit and wait for the platform to be announced. We also bought some food for lunch etc and, before too long, everyone was heading to the platform to board. It was all a bit chaotic, but we found our carriage, stored our suitcases and found our seats. As I had booked well in advance, we had seats that faced one another with a table in between and which are more comfortable and roomy.

      We departed on time and the journey was pretty uneventful. We had about five stops across France with the last one being in Lille, close to the Belgian border. We arrived in Brussels and, once out of the station, Ian put the Airbnb address into his phone and said it was 2 kms away, so we decided to walk. It wasn’t a good decision, as we didn’t think about the difficulties of dragging suitcases with wheels across the cobblestones that pave most of the footpaths in central Brussels. It was hard, judder-bar, going, made worse by some dickheads standing on the pavements not making any effort to move to let us pass. The closer we got to the city centre and our apartment, the more difficult it became. I nearly lost it at one stage but wasn’t willing to be defeated by bloody cobblestones.

      We finally made it, picked up our keys from the Dominican Hotel located close by, and found our apartment. It was a lovely place, a centrally located duplex with a lovely terrace with great views across the old city. Ian suggested we head out to a café-bar around the corner from us which we have been to before. It is quite a Belgian institution and is called “A la Mort Subite”. It was busy and had a nice vibe. Ian ordered a Belgian beer and I had a glass of rosé, and we both had omelettes that definitely hit the spot. We then shared a chocolate mousse before heading back to our apartment to unpack and get a good nights sleep.      Lue lisää

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    • PMU avélo
      Päivä 97

      Étape 72 : Numansdoorp - Bruxelles

      19. elokuuta 2022, Belgia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      Distance : 115 km
      Dénivelé : 332 mnD+
      Temps de déplacement : 4h37
      Tracé GPS : https://strava.app.link/AvN5DoHNNsb

      Par Olivier,

      La nuit fut plus ou moins difficile selon les personnes mais globalement, à part Paul et Valentin avec leur hamac, les autres ont été victimes des rafales de vent pénétrant le duvet. Il faut dire que quand nous nous sommes couchés, le vent était nul et il s'est levé dans la nuit.
      De plus, un couple de quarantenaire s'est donné RDV pour un date à côté de notre spot. Ils ont attendu que l'on ferme les yeux pour lancer les hostilités.

      Malgré ce réveil, l'envie d'en découdre est là. On prend notre petit déjeuner et le gérant du port à côté de nous nous donne gentiment accès à l'eau et les sanitaires. Ça fait du bien un peu de gentillesse après s'être fait interpeller la veille par la police pour exhibitionnisme le temps de se changer et baigner au milieu de nulle part.
      On se met en formation peloton et Armand est rapidement victime d'une crevaison. Ensuite, passage de la frontière belge, encore un passage anecdotique vers le retour en France.

      Nous reprenons la route pour Anvers, première ville belge où nous nous arrêtons pour goûter aux frites belges. Pas déçu !

      Valentin a des points de suture a faire enlever, il nous rejoindra à Bruxelles tandis que nous, on se remet en formation pour sortir de l'agglomération. Une averse fera son apparition et sur la fin, Gaetan nous dit de filer et ne pas l'attendre mais il est malheureusement victime d'une crevaison. Je fais donc demi tour pour l'assister tandis que Simon Armand et Paul filent à Bruxelles. À noter la performance de Armand qui viendra encastrer son vélo dans un terrier de lapin présent sur le bord de la route. Bien heureusement, rien de grave !

      Pendant notre réparation avec Gaetan, Valentin nous rejoindra et nous finirons à 3 pour rejoindre les autres qui sont à l'auberge. Ça y est, ici, tout le monde parle français.

      Malgré cette arrivée tardive, pas de perte de temps, direction le centre ville pour une soirée qui se terminera au bon petit matin.      Lue lisää

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    • InterRail 2022
      Päivä 43

      Brussel

      12. elokuuta 2022, Belgia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      I’ve chosen a horrible train company.

      On my way to Brussels I had a train from Zurich to Cologne and then Cologne, Brussels. The company which brought me to Cologne was the worst I’ve ever chosen. It was a night train plus it operate from Zurich to Amsterdam. Long distance trains are usually a bit more comfortable than an S-Bahn. In the case of Zurich-Amsterdam, the train was uncomfortable and they didn’t turn off the light. From 23:23 until 5:53 the train was bright as day.

      When I arrived in Brussels at 8:45 I was a wreck. Without any sleep and with a little incident in the Thalys train, where I should have shown a reservation, which I didn’t have. I made on time to Brussels.

      I spent the whole day sightseeing and tried the two most famous things Belgian is famous for. At 3pm. I was able to check in my hostel where I first took a shower and rested for a bit.

      In the evening was still too tired to do some night photography not to mention heading to a bar with life music. So I postponed this two events for the next day.

      Luckily on the way back home I won’t have a overnight train anymore. If I take a overnight train again should from now on avoid driving with SBB.      Lue lisää

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    • Julia SchillingBrüssel
      Päivä 1

      Les Galeries Royales St Hubert

      25. joulukuuta 2022, Belgia ⋅ 🌧 10 °C

      Während der Suche nach etwas leckerem zu Essen haben wir die Galeries Royales entdeckt. Die Architektur dieser kurzen Einkaufsstraße ist einfach wunderschön und passt perfekt in die Stadt. Rechts und links gibt es Brüsseler Schokolade, Waffeln und Pralinen soweit das Auge reicht. Die Läden sahen einfach alle so schön aus und vor Allem die Pralinen soo lecker, aber leider auch sehr teuer. Dazu war alles noch, wie der Rest der Stadt weihnachtlich geschmückt, was den Charme noch mehr hervorgehoben hat. Wir waren kurz davor eine Waffel zu essen, weil das Café wir alle anderen auch, wirklich gut aussah aber dann hatte Rebecca ein anderes Café etwas außerhalb entdeckt, weswegen wir dann beschlossen haben dort hin zu laufen…Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaEurope 2019
      Päivä 18

      Early birthday celebration

      21. syyskuuta 2019, Belgia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      It was to be my cousin Brigitte’s birthday on Monday 23 September. As we were only in town until the 22nd, Brigitte kindly arranged an early celebration with the family. We got to see Nathalie, Ahmet and Sohan, Gui, Geertje and Lisa, and Stefan and his daughter Emma, as well as Paulette. The only one we didn’t see is Rob, maybe next time. It was a lovely late afternoon with blue sky and sunshine, and a temperature of 27C, and so we had dinner in the backyard, which was lovely. Brigitte had arranged a barbecue that Stefan cooked, and which was delicious. Nathalie made a chocolate cake with cream and homemade blackberry jam, which was delicious also. It was great to catch up with the family even for such a short time.

      Gui drove us back to Stockel to catch the metro back into town. When we arrived we found some roads blocked, and police around many intersections. We thought it might be in preparation for “no cars day” in Brussels the following day, but we were wrong. When we arrived at Galerie de la Reine, we found that the centre of the Galerie was cordoned off and there were police at the start of the cordoned off area.

      As we walked towards our apartment entrance, we turned around to see runners heading down the cordoned off area - hundreds and hundreds of runners. They all had on head lights, and they were participating in the Brussels Night Run. It starts at 9.45pm at the Place de la Bourse, and also finishes there. It is the third year the race has been run and participants run an 8km course around Brussels. We watched and cheered on the runners for a while before heading upstairs. There must have been thousands of competitors, as many more runners ran through after we got upstairs, and we had a great vantage point to watch them all go through the Galerie.      Lue lisää

    • MatkaajaEurope 2019
      1
      Päivä 17

      Tea and Biscuits @ Maison Dandoy

      20. syyskuuta 2019, Belgia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Today Gui met us at our apartment, as we intended to go to the climate manifestation (we call it a demonstration) today, part of the global school strike for climate change action. Before the demonstration, we had some time to do a few things we had been wanting to but hadn’t had the time.

      Our first stop was Maison Dandoy, about 100 metres from our apartment. They are famous for their biscuits, which are delicious. The title of this footprint is tea and biscuits but, alas, I couldn’t have tea as they only serve earl grey, which I can’t stand, or herbal and fruit teas. What is it with these people, nobody serves English Breakfast! So, I had a latte. The plate of biscuits I ordered for us to share turned out to be huge. We couldn’t get through them all, so the waitress kindly bagged them up for us to takeaway, and threw in a few extras for good measure.

      We then did a bit of a wander around Brussels, with Gui as our guide, which was lots of fun. We joined the demonstration just after 1.30pm, and found ourselves near the start of the marchers. More on that on my next footprint.      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaEurope 2019
      Päivä 16

      AM - Atomium

      19. syyskuuta 2019, Belgia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Today we ventured out a little further afield, so we used Brussel’s public transport system. I had a bit of a sleep in this morning, as I had a fitful night’s sleep due to me having to cough continuously once I went to bed - poor Ian would have had a disrupted night too.

      We headed off for the central station, easily bought tickets, and found our way to the correct train going in the right direction. We had to catch two different lines to make our way out to the Atomium, and it all went pretty smoothly. The Atomium was originally constructed for the 1958 Brussels World Expo. It is located on the Hershel Plateau, where the exhibition took place, and is now a museum. It was designed by the civil engineer André Waterkeyn, and architects André and Jean Polak.

      It is 102 meters tall, and it is made up of nine 18 metre (diameter) stainless steel clad spheres that are connected, by tubes. The whole structure forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal, magnified 165 billion times. The Atomium was designed to last for 6 months but, due to it’s popularity and success, its destruction was postponed for several years until a decision was taken by the city to keep it. In 2004, 46 years after it was constructed, the Atomium closed for renovation and maintenance. It reopened to the public in 2006.      Lue lisää

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