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Floods of Italian wines..
As autumn draws in, floods are expected in Brussels the month – and luckily it’s floods of Italian wines.. Following in the heels of the Chianti Classico producers that held their event on 17th...
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What a load of waffle!
Some people may have problems placing Belgium (“I have a friend who lives in Belgium” “Where?”, “Luxembourg”… or the best, “Belgium, isn’t that somewhere close to Brussels?”), but there’s one thing has...
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A year in.. life in Belgium
A year ago today I woke up in Brussels, much as I had done for many weekends in the later half of 2010, just that, different to all the other times, I was waking up “at home”. I’d left the sun, great...
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Making friends in Belgium..
A year since my move, my life in Belgium is more than bearable not just thanks to the 7 points I mentioned in my post “A year in..” but because I have friends. Friends make a bad place bearable, a good...
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A night at the Museum – Museum Night Fever in Brussels
A night at the Museum – This Saturday the doors of many of the city’s museums will be for Museum Night Fever in Brussels. This amazingly good idea dreamt up by the local council is to give visitors the...
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Sunday brunch hang-outs in Brussels
Now the sun is shining and it finally feels like spring is upon us, what better way to spend a Sunday morning sitting on a terrace gently grazing your way through salads, croissants, pancakes, cakes,...
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The Japanese Belgian Chocolate shop
When people ask me who I think make the best chocolates in Belgium they’re pretty stunned I reply with a Japanese name… I first discovered Yasushi Sasaki’s chocolates some months ago as I was handed a...
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Craving sushi in the land of moules-frites?
Perhaps sushi isn’t top of your list of things to eat in Brussels but once you’ve done the rounds on the moules frites, savoured the oysters and had your fill of crevettes grises, the Japanese...
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Stonemanor – a Taste of Home
I already mentioned in my post about why I love Belgium that you can get crumpets and scones in the supermarkets but Stonemanor goes a lot further. Stonemanor is a piece of England in the middle of the...
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Things I know I’ll miss about Belgium..
Alas, as they say, all good things have to come to an end and whilst I loved living in Brussels, the time has come to move on.. Munich awaits and whilst I pack the cases and stock up on tourist...
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