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A 30th Birthday Trip to Belgium and Italy
Posted on 7/5/23 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 7/5/23 at 5:51 pm
Not sure if the folks on here are interested, but I'm currently in the middle of my 30th birthday trip to Tuscany with a side of Belgium. Chronicling everything on my website but figured I'd throw a few snippets and the itinerary out here to see if anyone is interested, if so, I'll post more of our adventures going forward!
Itenirary
Delta A220-100 First Class (DFW-JFK)
Our Afternoon in New York
Air France Lounge JFK
Air France B777-300 Business Class (JFK-CDG)
Air France Plane to Rail Transfer Paris-Charles de Gaulle
SNCF TGV inOui First Class (Paris-Brussels)
NH Collection Brussels Grand Sablon
Exploring Brussels
A Day Trip to Bruges
Diamond Lounge Brussels Terminal A
ITA Airways A320 Economy (BRU-FCO)
Renting a Car in Italy
Villa Ronzano Tuscany
Our Week in Tuscany
British Airways Lounge Rome-Fiumicino (FCO)
British Airways A320 Club Europe Business Class (FCO-LHR)
The Westminster London
An Evening in London
British Airways Galleries Lounge LHR
British Airways B777-300 Club Suite Business Class (LHR-IAH)
United A319 Economy (IAH-AUS)
Itenirary
Delta A220-100 First Class (DFW-JFK)
Our Afternoon in New York
Air France Lounge JFK
Air France B777-300 Business Class (JFK-CDG)
Air France Plane to Rail Transfer Paris-Charles de Gaulle
SNCF TGV inOui First Class (Paris-Brussels)
NH Collection Brussels Grand Sablon
Exploring Brussels
A Day Trip to Bruges
Diamond Lounge Brussels Terminal A
ITA Airways A320 Economy (BRU-FCO)
Renting a Car in Italy
Villa Ronzano Tuscany
Our Week in Tuscany
British Airways Lounge Rome-Fiumicino (FCO)
British Airways A320 Club Europe Business Class (FCO-LHR)
The Westminster London
An Evening in London
British Airways Galleries Lounge LHR
British Airways B777-300 Club Suite Business Class (LHR-IAH)
United A319 Economy (IAH-AUS)
This post was edited on 8/21/23 at 3:29 pm
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Posted on 7/5/23 at 5:53 pm to H2O Tiger
Why spend time in the Air France lounge at jfk when you can go to TWA on a day pass?
Posted on 7/5/23 at 5:56 pm to H2O Tiger
Website would be better if you ate and drank like arseinclass
Posted on 7/5/23 at 5:59 pm to AbitaFan08
I thought about going to the TWA but the Mrs. wanted to go into the city. I've also heard some not so great things about the TWA hotel recently.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 10:15 am to H2O Tiger
Go to De Garre Bar when in Bruges. Get the house beer “De Garre Tripel”.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 11:54 am to H2O Tiger
That should be a great trip but your planning and logistics are terrible lol. I'm all about not staying in the same place but going from Paris to Bruges to Paris to Italy is kinda crazy.
Italy is a huge country and there's quite a bit real close like Croatia, Switzerland, etc. I would have personally planned something closer where its just a short train ride away.
But hope you have a great trip!
Italy is a huge country and there's quite a bit real close like Croatia, Switzerland, etc. I would have personally planned something closer where its just a short train ride away.
But hope you have a great trip!
Posted on 7/8/23 at 12:08 pm to baldona
We see so many overly ambitious itineraries on this board. It really amazes me. We're doing 5 stops in 16 days in Italy and I feel that I may be overdoing that but it's all northern Italy and we're traveling in a big circle so travel days are short.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:03 pm to H2O Tiger
Well done. Living the dream. Like your style. 
Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:46 pm to H2O Tiger
I always discourage spending time in Brussels. In Belgium, Antwerp is more interesting. Other options are a trip to Amsterdam or the D-Day beaches.
Bruges is fun. Try to get to the Basilica of the Holy Blood and view the religious relic they put on display.
Have fun on your trip - we’re all jealous!
Bruges is fun. Try to get to the Basilica of the Holy Blood and view the religious relic they put on display.
Have fun on your trip - we’re all jealous!
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:01 pm to BobABooey
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always discourage spending time in Brussels. In Belgium, Antwerp is more interesting.
Agreed. I am in Antwerp right now and it's is fantastic.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 1:37 am to BobABooey
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I always discourage spending time in Brussels.
Agreed, it's the Detroit of Europe...
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Other options are a trip to Amsterdam
Resident Amsterdammer here, haven't called this city home for nine years for nothing. It's not without its issues, but it's a gorgeous city and vastly superior to Brussels by almost every metric.
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Bruges is fun. Try to get to the Basilica of the Holy Blood and view the religious relic they put on display.
My mom is visiting from the States so we're en route on the train from Amsterdam now.
Never been actually, have been to Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels but never Bruges.
Frankly speaking Belgium isn't my preferred country to visit, but I'm excited to see Bruges!
Posted on 7/9/23 at 3:43 am to purpgold718
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Resident Amsterdammer here
I'll let you buy me a beer this week.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 4:46 am to Zappas Stache
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I'll let you buy me a beer this week.
You gonna be in town?
Posted on 7/9/23 at 3:00 pm to purpgold718
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You gonna be in town?
Si, 12th thru 17th, staying in Pijp area
Posted on 7/9/23 at 4:18 pm to Zappas Stache
Haha maybe I'll take you up on that then.
Ah nice, lively part of town with a lot going own.
Regardless, if you want some recs let me know.
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staying in Pijp area
Ah nice, lively part of town with a lot going own.
Regardless, if you want some recs let me know.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 4:19 pm to Zappas Stache
Was you who planned a veritable around the world honeymoon? If so - how did it go?
And itinerary looks great. Brussels has some charm, but agreed with others Antwerp and Brugge are better destinations. Brugge is one of those places I think you make the time to visit when you find yourself in close proximity. It’s worth seeing once.
And itinerary looks great. Brussels has some charm, but agreed with others Antwerp and Brugge are better destinations. Brugge is one of those places I think you make the time to visit when you find yourself in close proximity. It’s worth seeing once.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 5:19 pm to purpgold718
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Regardless, if you want some recs let me know.
Always open to recs but this is probably our 10th trip to Amsterdam in the last 15 years and usually for at least a week each time. Some people like to lay on a beach, we like to ride bikes around Amsterdam.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 8:12 am to baldona
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That should be a great trip but your planning and logistics are terrible lol. I'm all about not staying in the same place but going from Paris to Bruges to Paris to Italy is kinda crazy.
Italy is a huge country and there's quite a bit real close like Croatia, Switzerland, etc. I would have personally planned something closer where its just a short train ride away.
But hope you have a great trip!
The only reason we went to Brussels was because it was where I could find business class award availability on Air France. Was easy to do a day trip to Bruges as well. Flew direct from Brussels to Rome and then spent a week exploring small towns in Tuscany from our base in Cortona.
Didn't spend any time in Paris other than in the airport. Air France offers an Air & Rail connection from the plane to the train station at CDG since they are cutting those shorter flights.
We're going the Black Forest in Germany, Lake Como, and Zurich in a couple of months, we like to move around
Posted on 7/10/23 at 8:16 am to ned nederlander
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Was you who planned a veritable around the world honeymoon? If so - how did it go?
That was me! It went well, we both agreed that the Maldives was fun but we have no real reason to go back. Really enjoyed Amsterdam and Santorini and will visit both again. Athens sucked but we knew this going in, it was just a stopover for our flight home and we saw everything we needed to in an afternoon.
Here's the full writeup on our Honeymoon trip
Posted on 7/10/23 at 8:21 am to H2O Tiger
So how do you go about looking for "your deals"? Do you use sites like "Points Guy" or?
Great stuff BTW.
Great stuff BTW.
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