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Entry ID: A297128 (Edited)

In 1939, Belgium was

the Second World War ?

has a big base there.

bilingual

bilingual status;

The Belgian Royal Family

forces that keep

team5. Brussels

though; it's

[Ownership of the theme park changed hands several years ago ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walibi_Belgium ). The park is now operated under the name 'Walibi Belgium'. So, it seems unfair to refer to an incident that occurred when under the old management.]

Links to an Entry that is more than 10 year old, and surely out of date...

double-figure percentages by volume. ?

marketing ploy. ?

Belgium but, if

choice, find

country, freshly-made

ice cream

beyond their expectations ?

[Currently, there are three Belgian men in the ATP top 100 - the highest ranked, at No. 49, being Xavier Malisse. Kim Clijsters, at No. 13, is one of only two Belgian women in the top 100 ranked by WTA.] The least we can do is to remove the word 'recently'.

Dead link. Try: http://www.famousbelgians.net/alphabetical.htm

This para appears to be out of date: http://www.londontobrussels.co.uk/brussels-midi-station.html

train-plus-bike option; take

Gosh. I updated this one seven years ago. Doesn't time fly. It certainly could do with another update...

sprout

Including links to my entries on the Belgian Ardennes and Bruges would also be a plan, come to think of it.

sprout

Sounds like a good plan, sprout*.

* You're not Belgian, are you?



Ps End with an anagram: 'Am I Belgian? Imaginable.'

No, English, but living in Belgium for 11 years and counting...

Will add it to my list of hootoo things to do - I've been concentrating on producing new content recently, as that seemed to be the priority, but would like to get to updates as well.

My Nepal entry is my worst example...

sprout

Thanks for that, Elf. I've made all those changes. Your comment about a link to a 10 year old entry is true, but there's not much I can do about it. We rely on our researchers to provide information - I haven't been to Brussels myself in about 15 years.

I wore my first pair of long trousers in Brussels. They itched like mad. I think I cried.


In 1939, [Belgium] was (I should have separated the two queries)

Here are a few more queries I wrote on the back of a piece of scrap, and forgot to mention this morning :

town, make

There is no shortage

The bullet points beneath 'Food': The descriptions of dishes start mostly with lower case - the final two are capitalised. The last dish described follows a full stop instead of a dash.

Researcher

opera.

For the Europe

Mainly by

Sometimes fish.


Sorry about that.

That's OK, Elf. I should have spotted the "Belgian" the first time round.

They're done now.

I'm going to see TinTin this morning...(just thought I'd mention it)

Thanks, Gnomon.

The movie crossed my mind, too. I'm told it's equally enjoyable without the 3D effects.

Well I've only seen it in 3D so I can't compare, but it was a good romp