In today’s post by our resident ‘Web Guy’ we look at the options for shopping for computer hardware in Belgium. When moving to a new place, it’s often difficult to find services similar to what you are used to at home. For some, this might be restaurants, sports, clothing, shoes, books, or … just about...
I unintentionally made my own contribution to World Water Day this week with the purchase of my new Soda Club machine. Andrew and I stopped drinking soda (pop for my Canadian readers) quite a few years ago. We were concerned about the sugar and chemicals we were consuming so we gave it up. We also don’t drink...
Aside from a trip to Helskini, Finland a few years ago, the majority of my travels in Europe have taken me south. However, today’s guest post by Ben of offtoeurope.com has me dreaming of adventures to the North. Sweden is an enterprising country which has given much to the world including the famous IKEA...
In another couple of weeks, it will be April, 2010. This will mark the fifth anniversary of our expat life in Europe. I can’t help but feel introspective about this milestone. In fact, I never really intended to have a five year anniversary of life in Belgium. Our plan was always to try and move...
The expat community in Belgium never ceases to amaze me with its creativity. Today I am pleased to present one such creative endeavour. American expat, Kimberley Lovato, has just launched her first book, Walnut Wine and Truffle Groves. This book is about two subjects that are very close to my heart – food and southwest...
Today I’d like to draw a bit of your attention away from CheeseWeb and point it towards my ever growing blogroll. After stagnating for a year or so, I’ve recently discovered a whole batch of new and fabulous blogs. Many of these new blogs are from other expats here in Belgium. I thought I knew...
Every good chocoholic knows Belgian chocolate is the best in the world. But while tourists flock to the shops selling chocolate Manneken Pis statues around Grand Place, locals and in-the-know travelers head to Brussels’ chocolate Mecca – Grand Sablon. Grand Sablon (Grote Zavel in Dutch) is a small square (a triangle actually) with the beautiful...
Remember last summer when Andrew and I made that whirlwind trip to Berlin, Germany? Yeah, I almost didn’t either. Sure enough though, as I caught up on my photo editing, there were the photos from Berlin – evidence of a great weekend I had almost forgotten to mention here on CheeseWeb. I’ll be honest and...
