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They also manage to have more than one kind of bread, many cheeses which don't come in an aerosol can and food which takes more time to cook than it does to eat
by excuse-me 14y ago
They also manage to have more than one kind of bread, many cheeses which don't come in an aerosol can and food which takes more time to cook than it does to eat
And, outside Paris, some very pleasant people.
- zem 14y agotrue, but belgium for instance has all that too, and you don't see it getting that sort of must-see tourist aura
- excuse-me 14y agoThen it obviously needs a tower. Do you have the number for the Belgian tourist office - I have one that French want to sell! Luxembourg is also rather overlooked as a tourist destination, very nice walking countryside and you are never very far from somewhere to eat/drink/sleep.
- jakeonthemove 14y agoFunny that you mention Belgium - I am in Blankenberge right now (on business) - it's a nice little town, but it's nothing special. No offense to the locals, but I can't wait to get out of here - the weather is pretty bad, most residents are old, everyone is slooow (even in the rain :-), shops close at 6pm, banks close at 3pm and Everything's closed all day on Sunday, HSPA 3G here means 1 Mbit on a good day (usually ~500-700 kbit - oh, and you pay $20 for 1 GB), 4 Mbit DSL actually means 1.5 Mbit, and you pay $700 for a teeny-tiny 1 bedroom apartment (then again, it is a resort city). I nicknamed it Lazy Town :-). The only saving grace is the port nearby (~6km in Zeebrugge) - there's a bustling shipping and logistics industry here, and there's plenty of work and opportunities. Overall, for a first-timer in Belgium, I'd recommend going to Brussels or Antwerp - bigger cities, more active, although still very laid back compared to even Paris...