You have till 15 January 2012 to admire, in the Belgian city of Bruges, the festival entitled Ice and dedicated to the fascinating wonderland of ice sculptures. Having to pay a ticket for 13 euros you can access, from 10 to 19 for every single day of the week, the exhibition Ice Age, wherever the temperature is usually less than six degrees. .. more ..

We didn’t have a lot of time to spend in Brussels. It was the first stop on the Mongol Rally and we had the opportunity to meet with one of our online friends CheeseWeb, a blog about Expat Life in Belgium. They served us a feast the night before and before we had to say goodbye, we took a walk around the beautiful city of Brussels in Belgium.We had been to Brussels before nearly a decade ago. Sometime .. more ..

Driving through Europe during the Mongol Rally is one whirlwind of a way to travel.Cities and countries blurr together as we speed through each destination. We were only in France for about 20 minutes after departing the Eurotunnel from England before entering Belgium.Crossing the English ChannelThanks to the fantastic blog known as CheeseWeb, a website about expat life in Germany, we got to take the Eurotunnel under the Str .. more ..

One of America's premier Belgian beer festivals is just a few days away. .. more ..

Photo of the Day Number 12 in my series of images of the canals of Bruges, Belgium. Click to see a larger image:

Trivia: Did you know that beside the humongous only mall (the older generation say it is an ugly mall) in Utrecht, Hoog Catharijne, there is a schuilkerk which means, a secret church?‘Maria-Minor’ circa 16th century, also known as Huis Clarenburg is an old catholic church located on .. more ..

Bruges is a city located in the northwest of Belgium in the Flemish region of the country. Dutch is the official language here. Canals encircle Bruges. Thus, Bruges is sometimes referred to as the “Venice of the North”. Bruges is known for keeping intact most of its medieval architecture. The Historic Centre of Bruges has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. One of its many notable medieval buildings is the Church of Our Lady, whose tower reaches 122.3 meters in .. more ..

We earthly people take ourselves waaayyyy too seriously sometimes. Just take a look at the video taken this past Sunday when so-called environmental activists in Belgium destroyed a field of genetically modified potatoes. The field was a scientific test organized by multiple universities, where genetic material from Peruvian potatoes was added to Belgian potatoes to make the resulting potato .. more ..