May 2011 - Page 2 of 2 - Dr. Nicole Basaraba

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on May 13, 2011
Posted in Books

Book Review: Silver Wedding – By Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy, the Queen of Characters, has done it again with Silver Wedding; writing every character in such a way that the reader is immediately planted in the character’s shoes. In nearly every book I’ve read by Binchy, she has multiple characters that the reader gets to know well. In Silver Wedding, the reader is

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on May 9, 2011July 28, 2015
Posted in Belgium, Living in Brussels, Travel

A Tourist’s Guide to Belgian chocolate

Belgian chocolate. Everyone around the world has heard of its reputation, but when visiting Belgium, how do you know what type of chocolate to buy for your friends and family back home? How can you tell the good from the “bad”, if there is such thing as “bad” Belgian chocolate? I didn’t want to even attempt ranking belgian

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on May 2, 2011March 21, 2013
Posted in Belgium, Travel

Brugge, Belgium: Venice of the North

Brugge, Bruges, however you spell it, hearing the name you may automatically think “Venice of the North”. Not having visited Venice myself, I can say from the pictures and video’s I’ve seen of Venice, Brugge is like the smaller, quieter sister of Venice.