Belgium’s major galleries and museums are clearly marked on the tourist trail, but there is also a wealth of public art to be found outdoors beyond the walls of the traditional institutions. Not only is it free, you’ll also avoid the tourist queues. You just need to know where to look. The Public Art In...
If you dream of honey coloured thatched-roof cottages, right out of a Victorian romance novel, a day exploring the Cotswolds of central England may be just the place for you.
We can’t believe how often Brussels is overlooked on lists of great foodie cities. If you’ve spent any time on CheeseWeb, you know we are huge fans of the culinary scene in Belgium. If there’s one thing that makes us even crazier than Belgium being ignored by the foodie press, it’s when we read an...
You probably wouldn’t guess it by looking around our flat; but I’m an organizer. I like to plan ahead and for everything to have its place. (I can hear my mother chuckling from across the Atlantic now. Hey, I said ‘organizer’ not ‘neat-freak.’) About a year ago, I discovered Evernote, an on-line application for storing...
Colmar is, quite possibly, the prettiest town in France. Certainly it is one of the most colourful. Best of all, it’s an easy weekend trip from Belgium.
I wrote this post back in 2009, to address the changes I had made to my food and eating habits since moving to Belgium. Little has changed for me since then. In fact, I am even more obsessed with the Belgian food scene, seasonal and local eating, international cooking and eating anything and anywhere I...
After spending a fabulous day in Bosnia Herzegovina, Andrew and I wanted to explore the city we actually came to visit – Dubrovnik, Croatia. We discovered the best time for a stroll through Dubrovnik’s Old Town is at night.
In Belgium, beer may be the drink of choice, but in western England, the beloved beverage is something else – cider. At Westons Cider, in Herefordshire, you can sample the best of what the west has to offer.
