Small, small country. Lots of banks, beautiful buildings, the Petrusse valley, river, and huge bridges.
I went there on a day trip during Spring Break 4 years ago. Yeah, who goes to Luxembourg for Spring Break, anyways? Me I actually enjoyed it. I took the train from Brussels through Belgium and the Ardennes, and over to Luxembourg for a day. Walked around the city, to the old fortifications (the Bock), and did a walking tour with history. The view of the Petrusse Valley from Pont Passerelle is beautiful.
Galihorn... (A mountain in Switzerland..... In the Berner Oberland actually)..... First hiked to the top in the summer of 98, then later climbed the west face in 99.....
Posts: 780 | Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Registered: 04 February 2004
Another day trip from Brussels - only 30 minutes by train, not far at all. I didn't do much there, as it was a miserable rainy, cold spring day. I walked around a bit, and bought a cute knit hat. Oh, but back in 2000, I went to Zillion, a really wild disco that used to be there (is it still there?).
Antwerp is the second largest city in Belgium. It some nice architecture and art. And it's holds the world's diamond bourse.
Isla de Ometepe in Lago de Nicaragua. Two volcanoes, and a lot of nature. No eco lodges or big swank hotels. Just a place to go to see the flora and the fauna. And to wonder what it would be like to live between two big ass volcanoes.
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Posts: 3698 | Location: canada | Registered: 11 September 2003
Originally posted by Marisa: Antwerp Belgium Oh, but back in 2000, I went to Zillion, a really wild disco that used to be there (is it still there?).
No. Not only was the owner totally corrupt, but they also thought it was a good idea to store fireworks under the dancefloor. Thank god they shut it down before anything happened.
Fishing town on the west coast of Baja where we used to make weekend runs so we could party underage. Hussongs Cantina! Remember trying to drive my '69 VW Bug back to California one night after more than a few too many. After couple high-speed flirtations with the ditch along the roadway, decided to pull over and sleep the night. Woke up the next morning sleeping on the ground....about twenty feet from a cliff. It's dark in Baja at night.
Posts: 4946 | Location: Michoacán | Registered: 27 May 2004
Ensenada... Arcadia (Northern coast of new Brunswick),
Got some family from the region, gotta love the eastcoast french, especially Le Hotdog...or Chaud Chien. One of the first trips i took with the family, that i was old enough to remember/enjoy, and not extremly embarrassed for having it with mom, aunts, and grandmother. I especially enjoyed Parley ? Beach and the flower pots, and good ole eastcoast food and music. Although i really wanted to go to Edgefest but couldn't get a ticket in time and break away from the family. --Diana
Check out my Travel Blog It's currently out of date, been a little lazy... But i'll get to it soon. (Did I also mention I was a procrastinator????)
Posts: 224 | Location: Barrie, ON, Canada | Registered: 17 March 2005
My friends and I used to go down there from Tempe alot in our teen years. We would go down into the Manson Tunnels(a series of dark rat, gang,heroin, and squat infested tunnels that interconnest under downtown, where it is rumored that members of the Manson family hid out back in the day), and we would get really wasted and yell crazy crap to people on the sidewalk through the sewer openings, and get in fights with the ocasional unruly gutter kid.
Then we would walk a mile or so in, then crawl through a very small crevas for about fifty feet, and it would open up into a big space with couches and matreses and such, not entirely sure as how they got them in there, but it was one of the coolest drinkin spots\squats I ever had.
Posts: 1469 | Location: Anytown, USA | Registered: 07 January 2005
Gosh, I'm using all my Belgium references here...Went to Namur that same Spring Break mentioned before...in search of yet another Citadel. I was really amazed at the Citadel itself. It was the best that I had seen in Belgium, out of the ones I went to. I walked around the Citadel in solitude, because no one was there...it was quite nice. I felt like I had it all to myself.
Namur is the political capital of Wallonia, the French speaking southern half of Belgium. It is located along the Sambre and Meuse Rivers. It's served as a site for battles from the Roman times up to WW II.
Namur seen from the Citadel, by the Meuse River
Another note, seraphim, I guess it's a good think the disco closed! Didn't know about the fireworks. I just know it was the craziest disco I've ever been to!!! Beds in the R&B/Rap dance room? And that crazy stage in the center of the main dance room, the stage that rose up and down, and the floor feeling like it was moving under you...crazy!
Stayed there on my first Euro trip in a campground looking out over the Rhine river. Across from our campsite was a castle on a mountain...the view was amazing. Our campsite was in the green area on the right of this picture.
Posts: 401 | Location: Indianapolis, IN | Registered: 29 November 2004
Didn't see any of it. Flew into it then rented a car and headed south. Stayed in an old castle in a forest that had been converted into a hotel. We were tagging along on some friends honeymoon. How romantic for them. They insisted (I swear!) that we join them....so we did.
Posts: 4946 | Location: Michoacán | Registered: 27 May 2004
I actually enjoyed it. I took the train from Brussels through Belgium and the Ardennes, and over to Luxembourg for a day. Walked around the city, to the old fortifications (the Bock), and did a walking tour with history. The view of the Petrusse Valley from Pont Passerelle is beautiful.
And that crazy stage in the center of the main dance room, the stage that rose up and down, and the floor feeling like it was moving under you...crazy!
