Discovering Antarctica - marine biologist wants to go to Antarctica (Jul/22/2009 )
Hi pito,
We'd visited Antwerp, Louvain, Waterloo, Charleroi, Ghent and Bruges (and Liege too if I remember it right) but I suppose those are still touristic places...and you're right about Brussels but I guess our (the tourist's) point of reference will always be the capital city..it can't be helped esp for most who are doing a whirl wind tour of Europe...if we want to experience nature, we usually have enough to enjoy at home (esp those special places only the natives "know")...but the cities is a totally different story/perspective....anyways, only my pov.
And tj and I were just teasing each other about beers (that plebeian drink). Belgium is probably the beer capital of EU but I'm no expert and I think hobglobin would vehemently object to this...
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casandra on Jul 24 2009, 10:23 PM said:
We'd visited Antwerp, Louvain, Waterloo, Charleroi, Ghent and Bruges (and Liege too if I remember it right) but I suppose those are still touristic places...and you're right about Brussels but I guess our (the tourist's) point of reference will always be the capital city..it can't be helped esp for most who are doing a whirl wind tour of Europe...if we want to experience nature, we usually have enough to enjoy at home (esp those special places only the natives "know")...but the cities is a totally different story/perspective....anyways, only my pov.
And tj and I were just teasing each other about beers (that plebeian drink). Belgium is probably the beer capital of EU but I'm no expert and I think hobglobin would vehemently object to this...
...But pito's view on Belgium I can only support
. Though it's long time ago that I was there...a biased view from a neighbouring country....And I'm not a beer expert, but the big Belgian (and Dutch) I really don't like....InBev and similar companies are objects of hate 
Anyway is this now the "Discovering Belgium" thread???
hobglobin on Jul 24 2009, 05:14 PM said:
casandra on Jul 24 2009, 10:23 PM said:
We'd visited Antwerp, Louvain, Waterloo, Charleroi, Ghent and Bruges (and Liege too if I remember it right) but I suppose those are still touristic places...and you're right about Brussels but I guess our (the tourist's) point of reference will always be the capital city..it can't be helped esp for most who are doing a whirl wind tour of Europe...if we want to experience nature, we usually have enough to enjoy at home (esp those special places only the natives "know")...but the cities is a totally different story/perspective....anyways, only my pov.
And tj and I were just teasing each other about beers (that plebeian drink). Belgium is probably the beer capital of EU but I'm no expert and I think hobglobin would vehemently object to this...
...But pito's view on Belgium I can only support
. Though it's long time ago that I was there...a biased view from a neighbouring country....And I'm not a beer expert, but the big Belgian (and Dutch) I really don't like....InBev and similar companies are objects of hate Anyway is this now the "Discovering Belgium" thread???
Yup....en route to Antartica
...objects of hate, really...another biased view? Just as well, I also don't like them (the beers I mean...the only beer I like is De beers....
) casandra on Jul 24 2009, 11:20 PM said:
hobglobin on Jul 24 2009, 05:14 PM said:
casandra on Jul 24 2009, 10:23 PM said:
We'd visited Antwerp, Louvain, Waterloo, Charleroi, Ghent and Bruges (and Liege too if I remember it right) but I suppose those are still touristic places...and you're right about Brussels but I guess our (the tourist's) point of reference will always be the capital city..it can't be helped esp for most who are doing a whirl wind tour of Europe...if we want to experience nature, we usually have enough to enjoy at home (esp those special places only the natives "know")...but the cities is a totally different story/perspective....anyways, only my pov.
And tj and I were just teasing each other about beers (that plebeian drink). Belgium is probably the beer capital of EU but I'm no expert and I think hobglobin would vehemently object to this...
...But pito's view on Belgium I can only support
. Though it's long time ago that I was there...a biased view from a neighbouring country....And I'm not a beer expert, but the big Belgian (and Dutch) I really don't like....InBev and similar companies are objects of hate Anyway is this now the "Discovering Belgium" thread???
Yup....en route to Antartica
...objects of hate, really...another biased view? Just as well, I also don't like them (the beers I mean...the only beer I like is De beers....)Blood diamonds?
Better drink some sweet beers then, the Czech ones are not bad.... oh yeah, forgot about them bloody ones...then I guess a total abstinence from all kinds of beers is better......
All little better than frogs.
Brussels is not so different from the rest of the country: flemish still live like flemish and francophones like francophones. And then there's all the rest of us! I feel it a little like that.
But still I love it... I just came from "Le Roi des Belges", a bar in a very exciting part of the city, St Géry. Nights with reasonable weather are always great, and the weather will be "good" this weekend (this is a big thing! it has been raining EVRYDAY.... and it's SUMMER!!!)
BUT: Don't forget to vote! 
http://www.blogyourwaytoantarctica.com/blogs/view/204
Cheers
AC
(Thanks for the votes so far)
ahh- the loud place with a spiral staircase?
and the split tea-cup lounge chairs? ....really loud retro music but with a nice terrace for people-watching....
GeorgeWolff on Jul 24 2009, 07:21 PM said:
Abstinence from frogs, you meant? Or beers are a little better than frogs? Or is it frogs- the amphibian kind or a sneaky reference to either the Dutch or the French....oh yeah....this speculation is killing me...
