Recently i visited Belgium with my college History class. The entire trip was orientated around WW1 and so we crammed in many visits to historic monuments and sites. I saw masses of white graves of fallen soldiers which is unbelievably overwhelming to look at. Not to forget the thousands of names printed on to the monuments. The statistics that are thrown at you in text books are really brought to life and really do hit you right in the face. Yeah geeky i know, i really don't care haha.
Obviously, as i was taking in the great amount of info being chucked at me i admired the beauty of Belgium. One thing i have to say about Belgium is that it is very very green. Like seriously green. As you take in the view from a height there are towns nestled into the green land below. The architecture of the houses in Belgium is so interesting and really cute. I just want to live in one the tiny houses. I have one question though- why do i all the houses have shutters on their windows?. Oh, and the streets are so clean such a contrast to Manchester which is not so clean...
There's also soooooo many bikes. I wish Manchester was a bike friendly city like Belgium. But we didn't have to best experience with all the Belgian people as one biker got a little angry because we parked for 5 mins covering a bike lane. Lets just say he called us all 'rude English pirates' to our coach driver. Who by the way was so lovely giving us a little personalised tour of some monuments. Thanks Dave or Phil (i can't remember his name!) on 'Bibby' the coach.
On the last day before we caught the ferry at Calais we visited Brugges. It was one of the best parts. We were unleashed in to small winding roads containing lots and lots of Belgian chocolate... We only got 10 minutes to grab the chocolate and go. Any longer and i would of done so much damage. Oh yeah, can i just mention how some places make to pay to use the toilet, why should you pay money to have a piss! Sorry for a bit of a rant.
I really enjoyed by trip to Belgium and i would revisit. I met such lovely people as well and made such good memories. I can't wait to go traveling some where else, i need to get planning!
Here's some pictures to accompany my descriptions :)
Have you ever been to Belgium?
I'd love to read your comments too.
Ria x
