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prior to visiting the tintin museum we also stopped by the comicstrip museum in brussels. it has a section devoted to tintin but also touches on many other belgian based characters, the smurfs taking another section for themselves. it was a beautiful space, located inside one of the buildings that victor horta, one of the […]
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i don’t know how many museums we had been to by this point in our trip but that didnt stop me from planning out a day to visit musee herge once we got into brussels. on our previous trip to france i was heartbroken when i found out that this museum was in belgium and […]
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while we passed many hours in brussels stuffing our faces with things that made us smile we also squeezed in some sightseeing. i had my eyes set on musee herge otherwise known as the tintin museum 🙂 the creator of tintin, georges remi (his initials backwards are RG which transformed into him signing his works […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. riga (centrs, 5 nights), brussels (sablon, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. toss up. either domini canes in riga for its presentation and otherwordly lavender & berries creme brulee or brasserie du gourmet in brussels for their carbonnade flamande (flemish beef & beer stew). […]
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jojo: what do i like? -comics, cartoons and street murals all wrapped into one -back amongst the french which means the pain au chocolat diet is back in effect. booyah. -love the old architecture. i know i’m being hypocritical because i’ve had my fill of ‘old stuff’ but brussels has this historic charm about itself. […]
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