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South Netherlands & Rotterdam July 7-8 and July 15-16 ZEELAND In the far southwest of the Netherlands, this and its far west end Zeewisch Vlaanden are both in the Nomad Mania XL series. This pancake flat part of Holland is … Continue reading →

Brussels July 9-11 2018 After Leuven, I drove SW to see Waterloo (West Walloon) and then went north to finally arrive in Brussels. In the 16th century, Brussels was connected to the sea by a canal and the old port … Continue reading →

East Flanders & Antwerp July 6-8 and 12-13, 2018 After my circuit around Liège, I drove to Tongeren and then into the Netherlands to see Maastricht and the surrounding area, returning to East Flanders at the National Park. TONGERIN (pop … Continue reading →

BELFRIES of BELGIUM and FRANCE The Belfries of Belgium and France are a group of 56 historical buildings designated by UNESCO as one World Heritage Site, in recognition of an architectural manifestation of emerging civic independence from feudal and religious … Continue reading →

Southeast Netherlands July 5-6 and July 16-17 In the area below the rivers (the Rhine formed the northern border of the Roman empire), the provinces of Noord Brabant and Limburg have a southern character: more Catholic, better beer and food, … Continue reading →

East Wallonia    July 4-6, 2018 Composed of the three provinces of Namur, Liège, and Luxembourg, Belgium’s southeastern corner is full of meandering rivers, cave systems, forested hills, and deep valleys. Castle-topped medieval towns overlook sweeping bends of the river. … Continue reading →

I spent 93 days in the British Isles from March 25 to June 27 and saw almost everywhere. This was my 90 days outside the Schengen visa zone and I then had till September 26th to see NW Europe, Scandinavia … Continue reading →

July 1- 4, 2018 The landscape consists of rolling farmland and small woods. It has had an unbelievably turbulent history – a battleground for millennia. Mons was the European Capital of Culture in 2015. I am not sure why the … Continue reading →

Belgium – June 27-July 7 2018 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT BELGIUM Bicycles. The Netherlands has a reputation for bicycles, but this place must be just as bicycle-mad. Virtually every road has bike lanes on both sides (usually in red brick or pavement). … Continue reading →

by Ta-Nehisi Coates — October 2017 Atlantic  IT IS INSUFFICIENT TO STATE the obvious of Donald Trump: that he is a white man who would not be president were it not for this fact. With one immediate exception, Trump’s predecessors … Continue reading →