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NorthernGent -> RE: Should Belgium divide into two nations? (10/7/2007 10:02:39 AM)
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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen
Would a division make Belgium twice as interesting, or only half as boring, is the main question I feel.
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I'm normally quite positive about other countries after I've visited; I struggle with Belguim, though.
Bruges is a nice looking city, narrow medieval streets, clean etc, but the people didn't take to kindly to us. We couldn't get a hotel room for love nor money...everywhere we went "sorry sir, no rooms" when there were blatantly rooms free. I got the feeling they weren't keen on the English: pubs, hotels, shops, wherever we went we were given a frosty reception, which is unusual because despite the widely held view that the Europeans don't like the English, I've always been made welcome in Europe (except Belguim).
Brussels: I really didn't enjoy it at all.
The worst thing about Belguim was that we were driving up the motorway on a particular day when it was absolutely pissing it down, so there were quite a few accidents along the way. The Belgians were standing on bridges with video cameras and cameras recording people being cut out of cars with mangled bodies. It was a like a picnic for them. I'm all for cultural understanding, but that's plain wrong!
Should they divide into 2? Who knows and who cares. If they do, we'll have the Dutch speaking bit and begin to rebuild our Empire, the Germans can have the French speaking bit. In fact, why don't we just go the whole hog and chop Europe in half; the West half will be called England, and the Central and Eastern half will be called Germany. Simple.
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