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By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on October 24, 2011
Posted in Lifestyle, Living in Brussels

Tintin Movie Premiere in Brussels, Belgium

“The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” premiered in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday, October 23, 2011 and I WAS THERE! “The Adventures of Tintin” (Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of comic books created by the Belgian artist Georges Rémi (1907-1983), who wrote under the pen name of Hergé. The series is one of the most popular European comics

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on September 30, 2011
Posted in Lifestyle, Living in Brussels

Belgium Moments: Slagroom and Battle Royale

In the last week, I have some memorable – what I have deemed – Belgium moments because only these things can happen in Belgium. The first moment is my favorite. Its been an amazingly nice week of weather. That’s right, in Belgium you get nice weather (20+) in March and September, but wet greyness in

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on August 23, 2011
Posted in Living in Brussels

Omnious skies in Brussels

Ok so usually I don’t even talk about the weather little alone blog about. I’m not one of those people who complains when its too cold or when its too hot. (Its always too cold for me, my preferred temperature is above 25 degrees, 30-32 is ideal). Having lived in Canada my whole life, up

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on July 25, 2011March 21, 2013
Posted in Belgium, Lifestyle, Living in Brussels, Travel

Brussels hot spot: Tervuren Park

So the park isn’t exactly in Brussels. Its a little ways outside of Brussels, so if you’re on a tight travel schedule you could visit one of the other parks in Brussels instead like Bois de la Cambre. Tervuren Park is home or is the backyard to the giantic and beautiful African Museum, which is definately worth

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on July 24, 2011
Posted in Travel, Writing

Over preparing for vacation/ROW80 check in

So I made the mistake of telling my colleagues at work that I’m packing this weekend for my upcoming vacation. Yes, packing is a normal thing to do before your vacation, but I did mine 4 days in advance. My colleague’s response was “you’re packing all week?” I’d have to say that it was a