When you find yourself leafing through a guidebook, “______ is the symbol of the city” is a phrase that often pops up, but what exactly does this mean and for whom is this monument/museum/natural wonder a symbol?
After spending several days in Brussels, it was time for a day trip to regional capital, but which one should I choose?
From the surrealist world of Magritte to centuries-old churches and gardens, I’ve given you a peek into the art and architecture of Brussels’ past.
“I’m not a Frenchie. I’m a Belgie!” This post has run through several iterations in my notebook over the past week, but it wasn’t until I spoke with a friend about the importance (or unimportance) of historical details that a theme began materialize in my mind. An encyclopedia…
I’ll be mixing things up a little bit with this next post about René Magritte (that is not a post about René Magritte, btw). The art scene is so varied and vast in Brussels, that I simply couldn’t contain it to one outing in this blog; there is…
After effectively navigating the crowds and exploring some less-frequently visited sights in Amsterdam, it was time for me to take the train south to Brussels, the middle stop of my Benelux Sandwich.
So goes the catchy saying you can find on t-shirts in The Netherlands’ second-largest city and main economic hub.
My Airbnb host, Edwin, and a fellow traveler also staying at the Airbnb, Nicole, and I were out for dinner and drinks one night and the discussion turned to stereotypes people had about where will live (The Netherlands, California and New York, respectively).
While there are many small art museums and galleries scattered across Amsterdam, the four heavyweights sit within spitting distance from one another at Museumplein (Museum Square).
The Dutch, like so many European peoples, have a history that is anything but straightforward. Before 1830, The Netherlands and its current borders didn’t even exist. The region’s early history is a tangled web of land changing hands and various feudal city-states rising and falling over the centuries. It’s…