Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

One Day Brussels – Belgium



Hoy hoy…sorry for so-long-not-updating my blog yaa… Recently in my not-so-busy life, I just do daily cooking, Dutch homework, and learning some new field (starting a new job in August hihi..). Just a common housewife’s life with travelling obsession and little-of-this-and-that wishful thinking. Ok, stop mumbling…now begin with the report of my travelling experience in Brussels, Belgium. I was visiting Brussels on 7 May 2014, I visited 2 places. First, an amazing garden belongs to King of Belgium in Laken and the second place was centrum of Brussels. But now I will just reveal my photos from the centrum. 

Many tourist that day. And as other traveller I also came to the most visited spots there : Grote markt, Mannekin Pis (that small!) but unfortunately only passing by Atomium.  And had tourists most experienced things like stores-hopping to Chocolate shops and tasted some wafels. I think Brussels has more old beautiful building compared to Amsterdam, is it correct? Well, I had a good time in this capital city of Europe that uses two languages : Dutch and French. Worth to visit although one lady in a chocolate shop that we visited was not that friendly. Oh, one more : we only paid 10 Euro for 2 persons bus transportation from Rotterdam. What a deal!


Friday, May 23, 2014

Jalan-jalan ke Perbatasan Belanda-Belgia di Maastricht



Akhir Maret kemaren (eh, udah lama sih ya..) saya dan suami nginep di rumah mertua di Maastricht. Hari minggu di sana sepi banget jadi suami ngajak jalan-jalan ke perbatasan Belanda-Belgia. Dari rumah kita jalan kaki ke sananya. Pertamanya sih suasananya rustic gitu walau ga terlalu suasana desa dan nemu beberapa pancang yang menandakan perbatasan, lihat di foto deh. Sampai akhirnya kita nyampe di kota Riemst yang masuk wilayah Belgia. Horee…berarti saya resmi sudah pernah ke Belgia yah haha…

Kota ini kayaknya damai banget, bersih, aman dan sejahtera hehe… Ada restoran cina yang lumayan besar dan pas liat menunya ko banyak menu Indonesia yah… Di sana ada jembatan besar yang modern tapi masih menyisakan satu bangunan tua kecil. Ternyata jembatan ini dulu dijadikan gerbang masuk pasukan tentara Jerman ke Belgia pada Perang Dunia II. Total kita jalan kaki hampir 6 km lhoo…berapa kalori tuh yang dibakar :) Bulan Mei ini saya juga ada kesempatan jalan-jalan ke Brussels. Sementara ini nikmati dulu foto-foto dari kota Riemst yaa…cerita perjalanan ke Brussels pasti akan di-posting di sini.

 Perbatasan Maastricht - Riemst