Last day in Belgium

By Sunday afternoon, Victoria had finished with her conference. We met up at the hotel and set off for lunch, eager to make the most of our last full day in Belgium. We are coffee drinkers and strongly believe in the power of coffee to combat jetlag. We had a couple of coffees with our […]

Bikes of Belgium

I saw more bicycles in Belgium than I have ever seen anywhere else in my life, period. It was incredible. There were bikes everywhere, and everyone from grandmas, little kids and even whole families could be found riding their bicycles through the city streets. Most of the riding we saw (in the cities) was purely […]

A day in Antwerp

The next morning Victoria got ready for her conference and I thumbed through the pages of our guidebooks, setting a plan for my day in Antwerp. While I considered hopping on a train and heading to another city for the day (perhaps Brussels or Ghent), I was so exhausted from the jetlag and the trip […]

Bruges, Belgium

We decided to spend our second day in Belgium – the last whole day Victoria had to sightsee – in the city of Bruges. Looking over our guidebook on the train ride there, we planned to take a bicycle tour of the city in the morning, then embark on our own walking tour in the […]

Belgium: First impressions

Victoria learned she had been selected to present at a conference in Belgium back in January. We were excited at the idea of traveling to Belgium – a new country for us both. That said, the trip itself snuck up on us (especially with my spontaneous road trip) and we weren’t as “prepared” as we […]

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