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Visit Three Classic Belgian Breweries To Better Understand Three Classic Belgian Beers

editor — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 23:28:00 +0000

You can’t properly understand a beer until you’ve got very drunk on it. That means spending some serious time with the beer, getting to know it well, to know how it changes as you go from a full glass to an empty one, and from your third glass to your fourth. Likewise, you can’t fully understand a beer—even a beer you class a favorite—until you see where it’s made and learn what makes that place special, to learn some of its secrets. For example, I never knew where the sweetness in the middle of a Saison Dupont comes from until

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Belgium Map Tourist Attractions

editor — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:58:37 +0000

ONCE IN WESTERN EUROPE OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES Hepatitis B: A viral infection of the liver transmitted via bodily fluids or needle-sharing. Symptoms may not surface until years after infection. A three-shot vaccination sequence is recommended for health-care workers, sexually-active travelers, and anyone planning to seek medical treatment abroad; it must begin six months before traveling. Hepatitis C: Like hepatitis B, but transmitted primarily through exchanges of blood. IV drug users, recipients of blood transfusions and tattoos, those with occupational exposure to blood, and hemodialysis patients are at the highest risk, but the disease can also be spread through sexual contact

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Brussels Subway Map

editor — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:58:15 +0000

FOOD- AND WATER-BORNE DISEASES Unpeeled fruit and vegetables and tap water should be safe in most of Western Europe. In Southern and Eastern Europe, be cautious of ice cubes and anything washed in tap water, like salad. Other sources of illness are raw meat, shellfish, unpasteurized milk, and sauces containing raw eggs. Buy bottled water, or purify your own water by bringing it to a rolling boil or treating it with iodine tablets. Traveler’s diarrhea: Results from drinking untreated water or eating uncooked foods. Symptoms include nausea, bloating, and urgency. Try quick-energy, non-sugary foods with protein and carbohydrates to keep

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Belgium Map

editor — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:57:20 +0000

ONCE IN WESTERN EUROPE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS Heat exhaustion and dehydration: Heat exhaustion can lead to fatigue, headaches, and wooziness. Avoid it by drinking plenty of fluids, eating salty foods (e.g. crackers), and avoiding dehydrating beverages (that contain alcohol or caffeine). Continuous heat stress can eventually lead to heatstroke, characterized by fever, severe headache, and extreme confusion. Victims should be cooled off with wet towels and taken to a doctor. High altitude: Allow your body a couple of days to acclimate before exerting yourself above 8000 ft. Alcohol is more potent and UV rays are stronger at high elevations. Hypothermia and

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Belgium Metro Map

editor — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:56:30 +0000

ONCE IN WESTERN EUROPE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ON THE ROAD. Health care in Western Europe tends to be quite accessible and of high quality. All EU citizens can receive free first-aid and emergency services by presenting an El 11 form (available at post offices). If you are concerned about access to medical support while traveling, contact one of these services: GlobalCare, Inc. (US ® 800-860-1 111; www.globalems.com), which provides 24hr. international medical assistance and medical evacuation resources; or the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers (IAMAT; US®716-754-4883, Canada®416-652-0137; www.iamat.org), which has free mem-bership, lists English-speaking doctors worldwide, and offers detailed

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Belgium Subway Map

editor — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:55:49 +0000

ONCE IN WESTERN EUROPE USEFUL ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS. The US Centers for Disease Con trol and Prevention (CDC; US ® 877-394-8747; www.cdc.gov/travel) maintains an international travelers’ hotline and an informative website. The World Health Orga-nization (WHO; www.who.int/ith) provides disease maps and the free booklet International Travel and Health. For the most in-depth country recommenda tions and a list of travel medicine providers, register with Travel Health Online (www.tripprep.com). Consult the appropriate government agency of your home country for consular info sheets on health, entry requirements, and other issues for various countries (see the listings in the box on Travel Advisories,

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TRAVEL TO ANTWERP

editor — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 17:10:00 +0000

The settlement established in 726 AD joined Brabant at the end of the 11th century, and in 1291 had the freedom of the city. In 1315 Antwerp became a member of the Hanseatic league. The port, the sea voyages and its position at the crossroads of the trade routes between West Europe and the Eastern countries and from England to Central Europe made Antwerp the richest city in Europe in the 16th century. The buildings of the Golden Century count today as some of the most important sights. However, a decline was to follow brought on by Spanish repression, fire

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Sights and Attractions in ANTWERP

editor — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 07:35:00 +0000

The large market place and the impressive buildings of the old town; Our Lady’s Cathedral (after 1352) is the largest gothic church in Belgium; the Town Hall (1661-1665) the Brabant Fountain (1887); the late Gothic church of Saint James (until 1656) in which one finds the family tomb of Rubens; the Royal rococo Palace (1745); Rubens’ house; the Royal Museum of Fine Arts with its masterpieces of Dutch art; and the Diamond Museum. 144322) was a steel-hulled 311-ton steam cargo vessel completed by E. and M. Coops, Hoogezand, Netherlands in 1919 and launched as the Waterweg for N.V. Hollandsche Algemeene

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TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS

editor — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 12:25:00 +0000

It started with a castle on the Zenne island in the 10th century and already had a fortified wall in 1100. This protection was transformed into a commercial place on the important trade route from Cologne to Bruges. The second city wall in the 14th century already surrounded the upper and lower city, the upper city being the home of the rich merchants, while the lower part developed in the 18th and 19th centuries as a newly formed political center. Brussels became the capital of the Burgundian Netherlands. In the 15th century Brussels experienced a great intellectual prosperity and played

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BRUSSELS MAP

editor — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 06:40:00 +0000

Since the world exhibition of 1958 the Belgium capital is the most important meeting and work center of the institutions of the European Economic Community. The EEC Council of Ministers and the EEC Commission are here as well as the NATO. In a valley and on the hill slopes, Brussels is geographically in the center of the country, a border between the Loss polders and the Geest countryside as well as the lingual border between Flanders and ‘La Wallonie’. The 150.000 inhabitants are divided into two parts: the Upper and Lower City. With housing and industrial areas covering almost 20

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