a few places..

[britalexis]

Hi all..
I am trying to come to a decision as to whether i want to visit Bruges, or Brussels for my "Belgium experience". I don't really have any expectations of what i'd like to see, i just want to have a bit of the french culture "outside of france" and taste of course those waffles. What would you recommend as a better place to just have a good experience in.

Now into my itinerary, ive found a much more conveinant way of getting to athens. By ferry from my italy destination, which takes me to Corfu, then fly to Athens. Would you recommend me staying a night or two in Corfu.. ? is there much there for me to see.. or would you just try to get the next connecting flight right to athens. My itinerary is pretty open for the amount of nights i can spend in any one place. So its not a problem really. But will it be like how some say milan and pisa are sort of a waste?... or would it be a nice visit.

Lastly, i have included in Ljubljana, its a bit of random destination, i dont really hear of many going there, but it just so happens to be that my grandfather was born there. He passed many many years ago, so many that my dad never got to meet him. So its not like i would be able to have any opinions from him of it there. Are there any sights really in Ljub? Anything kind of interesting to see, or will i just be wandering around the city, basically saying to myself, "so this is where my grand-father was born..." . Even if not, i would still want to go there just for that purpose to kind of meet the people, possibly find some relatives. Although thats kind of a long shot, since our last name is very common in slovenia ive been told .

Thank you.!

[me]

if looking for Walloon culture, Brussels would be your best choice of the two options you give. even though Brussels-Capital Region is actually surrounded by the Flemish Region, the majority of the population is French speaking and Brussels is officially bilingual.

Brugge, however, is well North, in the Dutch speaking Flemish Region <aka Flanders>.

britalexis said:

Hi all..
I am trying to come to a decision as to whether i want to visit Bruges, or Brussels for my "Belgium experience". I don't really have any expectations of what i'd like to see, i just want to have a bit of the french culture "outside of france" and taste of course those waffles. What would you recommend as a better place to just have a good experience in.

[pointofnoreturn]

I have a friend who regularly holiday in Corfu with her family. It's very over-priced and really a "British" destination. I would probably do a bit more research on Corfu to see what's there.

Milan.... I do wish that the Last Supper would be located elsewhere but Milan's biggest draw is the Last Supper and one of the reasons why people go there. Other than that, it's over-priced and very cosmopolitan. The train station was horrible. People were smoking everywhere inside and the airport was even worse. Unless you're a da Vinci fan, I'd skip Milan.

Pisa... can't say because I haven't been there. I know people go there to see the Leaning Tower, which I heard, is very over-rated. I'd opt for Siena or another Tuscan countryside village.