June 28th, 2024. Stockholm.
Day 9: Stockholm Up at 5am for a Ryanair flight out of Charleroi, south of Brussels…sort of a stressful drop off, the biggest crowds I’ve seen in an airport (or
June 27th, 2024. Day 8.
Day 8: We took another rest day at the house and did laundry (which maybe we should have started yesterday as it’s still not dry after almost 5 hours in
June 27th, 2024. Bathrooms and More.
Ah, Bruxelles. We’ve spent much of the week promenading all over Belgique and it’s come close to killing me, and in all fairness, still has time to do so. The
June 26th, 2024. Day 7: More Brussels.
Day 7: more Brussels! Del took us on a slightly more leisurely (it was even hotter than yesterday) ramble through some parts and sights we hadn’t seen. We started with
June 25th, 2024. Day 6, pt 2: the Musical Instruments Museum
Day 6, pt 2: the Musical Instruments Museum Brussels has a ton of museums, but we decided this was the only one we NEEDED to go to (I enjoy museums,
More…June 25th, 2024. Day 6, pt 2: the Musical Instruments Museum
June 25th, 2024. Day 6, pt 1: Brussels.
Day 6, pt 1: Brussels We made our way (by ourselves!) into downtown Brussels, walking and gawking! It was a gorgeous sunny cloudless day – got up to about 83°
June 24th, 2024. Day 5. Woluwe.
Day 5: We decided we needed a recuperation day. Stuck close to home in Woluwe – took a short walk around one of their neighborhood parks, got lunch at a
June 23rd, 2024. Trolls!
Day 4: Trolls! The whole family went to the De Schorr park in Boom, Belgium (near Antwerp) to see the troll sculptures. When we arrived we found many areas were
June 22nd, 2024. Day 3: Ghent
Based on some photos I’d seen, I thought Ghent would be kind of similar to Bruges…nope! It’s more of a living, breathing city where Bruges seems like more of a
June 21st, 2024. Day 2.
Day 2: Bruges Let the massive photo dumps begin! George took us to Bruges. From their place in Woluwe, we took the tram and metro (taking a detour to see