Friday, 22 Aug 2014 | Views [1567]
The 834 year old living quarters inside the Gravensteen Castle now houses one of the rarest displays of original torture weapons from the Middle Ages in all of Belgium. Finger crushers, spiked neck collars, a table used for water boarding and heavy leg ... Read more >
Tags: belgium, castle, europe, ghent
Thursday, 21 Aug 2014 | Views [1969] | Comments [1]
The sign on the 2 metre tall construction fence was in French. I couldn’t read what it said, but I assumed it was something along the lines of, “Keep out, or angry Belgians will lynch you.” I decided to claim ignorance, looked around ... Read more >
Tags: belgium, brussels, europe
Wednesday, 20 Aug 2014 | Views [1364]
My first ever train ride in Europe confirmed the pre-conceived ideas I had developed of what train travel here would be like. It was… pleasant .
I was a little sad to be leaving the tragically hip city of Berlin so soon. I had grown a deep ... Read more >
Tags: belgium, europe, germany, train
