When my company relocated me to Belgium in 2016, I was clueless about this amazing country. Or, more accurately, I was totally clueless. So were many of my fellow Americans. In fact, I think only a handful of my friends and family (travel industry buddies excluded) could correctly mark Belgium on an unlabelled map. “Good …
The beauty of the area where I live in Belgium never ceases to amaze me. Orchards pop with color in the spring. In the summer there is an abundance of apples, cherries, grapes, peaches, pears, and plums. In my garden, more than a hundred clusters of grapes hang above my head on the covered terrace. …
I’ve always been puzzled by the fascination with Mannekin Pis. Why do people flock to see a bronze statue of a young boy urinating into a fountain? In grade school, I first learned about Mannekin Pis when a neighborhood boy showed a miniature statue to a giggling group of girls. I had no idea that …
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