Today I crossed the French border by train and arrived in the picturesque city of Textiles: Lille! I still had one train ticket left with the Go Pass I got from Karen…
Category: Belgium
Bruges -> Menen
Menen is just a few steps from the French-Belgium border. Jurgen, my new host in this little city, was coincidentally in Bruges himself and invited me over at his nieces’ First Commune…
Ghent -> Bruges
Karen gave me a free train ticket to get from Ghent to Bruges, where I got stuck in the mass tourism here… Stayed with Annick and Jurgen the night. In the little…
Brussels -> Ghent
Today I was a city guide for a Dutch school class, watched videos with Sophie who brought me to my new lodging spot in Ghent and met my new hostess, the 20-year-old…
Brussels (Day 2)
Steven let me sleep out, a group of American backpackers paid a movie ticket for me and at 6.30pm my next hostess Sophie picked me up. That is the summary for today!…
Tervuren -> Brussels
After breakfast with Johan and Hennie, they dropped me of at a little old tram car station in Tervuren. Johan gave me 100 Belgian Francs, so I would make it to the…
Leuven -> Tervuren
From Leuven I moved on to Tervuren, where it was a 30 degrees Celsius in the sun and my hosting family took me out in the local park and we had some…
Leuven (Day 2)
Wouter and Elisabeth took me to the University of Leuven today and we ended up having dinner in the cantine there, before going out to explore the historic city of Leuven with…
Tessenderlo -> Leuven
The next place I’ll be visiting will be the city of Leuven, the absolute oldest University City of complete Europe. And of course I had to enjoy the student life there. Dirk,…
Geel -> Tessenderlo
After that big night in Antwerp, the hosting family took me to Tessenderlo in the afternoon where I had comfortable family conversations in the backyard. I had plenty of time to work…
Antwerp -> Geel
After the hangover from last night (and morning), I got to the small town called Geel with this fun young family! So, I got home last night, together with my host Ludo,…
Tilburg -> Antwerp (Belgium)
So this day I hitch-hiked from Tilburg and crossed the Belgium border and got myself to Antwerp, where I had a BBQ with my host Ludo and his family and friends and…