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Beer Travel Guide To Europe

Europe has an endless list of attractions for travelers, from architecture and art to parks and beaches to food and wine. There is one more thing that could be as much attractive as tasting wine and visiting...

10 comments    travel england london
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High speed rail trains Europe

The history of high speed rail trains in Europe began in 1939 and continues now. The biggest restrictions on the future is the old rails throughout much of Europe.

6 comments    europe england france
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The Preparation and Build Up for the Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy

The preparation for the D Day landings involved the training and stationing of a huge number of men- almost 3/4 million and the preparation of heavy armour and vehicles

11 comments    invasion churchill allied forces
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The Top 5 European Destinations (With Legal Prostitution)

I've been watching a lot of The Travel Channel lately, and every time I go through these phases, I feel the urge to get off my couch and see the world. So it usually starts with me sitting up, then moving one foot in front of the other, then...

24 comments    travel europe england
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The Holy Blood of Bruges, a New Jerusalem

The Holy Blood of Christ seems to have turned medieval Bruges (in Flanders, Belgium) into a Holy City. It's what, since the 19th century, made tourism popular in Bruges. But maybe this Holy City is not as holy as it seems...

5 comments    travel religion conspiracy
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Visiting Antoing, Belgium: with its Medieval castle of the de Ligne Princes

The town of Antoing, situated on the Scheldt River (l'Escaut) in Belgium's Hainaut province (Province de Hainaut ) in the Walloon region (Région Wallonne), is only a few kilometres from the French border....

0 comments    travel belgium castle
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Valentines Day Chocolates

A box of chocolates can be as unique or as simple as you like. Pick your favorite, Ghiradelli,Belgian or my favorite Lindt Chocolates.

6 comments    chocolate valentines day
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Belgium Beef, Beer and Onion Stew - Restuarant Quality Food at Home

Growing up in Belgium about 15 minutes outside of Brussels in famous Waterloo, I was given the opportunity to experience all of the beauty and food that Belgium had to offer. Belgium is a country with beautiful cities that are filled with great...

2 comments    how to beer beef
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Visiting the Basilica of Cointe, Liège, Belgium: monumentality and names

When I lived in Liège, Belgium, this monumental church building at the brow of a hill in the suburb of Cointe, was known as the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (French: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur ). At least, this is a name which was widely applied to...

0 comments    travel belgium cointe
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Visiting Dinant, Belgium: amazing, ecclesiastical architecture on the Meuse River

The collegiate church of Notre Dame at Dinant has about the most striking combination of features and location that I can recall seeing anywhere. At the foot of a sheer rock cliff, and overlooking the major fluvial artery, the Meuse River ...

2 comments    travel belgium world war one
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