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The Thing About Mons
Just an hour outside of Brussels (that is, if you don’t miss your turn and go the wrong way on the Ring and pretend that you did it on purpose..ahem) is Mons, Belgium. Mons is home to SHAPE (Supreme...
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Leuven by train
On a typical day here, the two of us are experiencing this expat thing quite differently than the other. Sometimes I’ll wake up in the am and we have a little time together. Sometimes he has a good...
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Urban Explorations-ish
A drive down to Wallonia, the southern half of Belgium. A car parked on the side of the road. A gate cut open to the size a human could walk through, though he must duck. A ground crisp with fallen...
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Orval Trappist Brewery
You see, Orval is Justin’s favorite beer. I had to discover this at cette point. But we could only find them in bars for the most part. We can find them in grocery stores, but they sell out oh so...
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Brussels to Westvleteren to Lille and back
Living in Belgium comes with some major perks. Perks such as the beer situation – six of the ten Trappist breweries are in this little country – and the cheese situation - France is like a hop scotch...
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Brussels Day Trips | Wallonia Edition
In this little bitty country, they’ve sure managed to pack in the sights. From the coastline to Germany, from Wallonia to Flanders. Belgium is littered with chateaus, boasting one of the highest number...
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Brussels Day Trips | Flanders Edition
Flanders (that top half) is your more well-known region of Belgium. They boast a good bit more, maybe have been in a movie (we’ll get to that), and most of their cities are easily accessible by train....
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Visitors Itinerary | Anna
Anna, of the Home & Away Annas, has been a big part of the MFest gig from nearly the beginning. That’s almost a two year blogship (that would be blog+friendship). In fact, I think her comment...
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Visitors Itinerary | Lizzie + Travis
Lizzie and Travis came to Belgium! And, as you can tell, the general feeling is excitement around here. Somehow, we managed to plan our transcontinental move the same week as their trip so, on the one...
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Winding Through Wine Country
If there was any doubt, we’re fitting in here smashingly. SF, you already have my heart. Calm down. One major perk of this city is that it’s a destination already on people’s agendas. When we started...
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day trip // exploring Marin County
Before I start on the eventual photo + story blog post, I’m going to lay out the events that led up to the picturesque stuff. A behind the scenes, if you will. The initial destination was Muir Woods....
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Top Five Wine Regions Around San Francisco
As beautiful as the city of San Francisco is, she sure is surrounded by some bountiful wine areas. All just a quick day trip (with a designated driver, of course) away from the city, we find ourselves...
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