Ok ladies and gents – heading off to Brussels for my summer vacation around July. Got a few questions for any of you in the Belgium/France/Germany/Netherlands area as I know nothing. Granted travel forums are great for these questions but a few of you have offered wonderful info in the past (Annanas – Copenhagen wouldn’t have been the same without you) so I thought I would start here.
Question #1 - How difficult is it to drive to any (or all) of these places from Brussels?
1. Lille, France
2. Cologne, Germany
3. Luxembourg
4. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Looking at maps the cities look like they are all w/in 150 miles (or much closer) from each other. Are the roads easy to navigate? Any mountain passes to be aware of? Are road signs in English? Sorry if this is a hugely stupid question but a girl has to know to make her plans.
Question #2 - Everyone drives on the RH side of road – correct? Anything I’m missing here?
Question #3 – Do we even need a car?? Can we do this by train??
Question #4 - Which city, in your opinion (other than Belgium) gives the best bang for buck? We’ll probably be in the area for about 1.5 weeks. Would not want to spend more than 3 days in each city – what is unique about the above cities?
Question #5 – What am I missing? Anywhere else we should go that is in driving distance?
Thanks all and can’t wait to get out of town!
Christine
Question #1 - How difficult is it to drive to any (or all) of these places from Brussels?
1. Lille, France
2. Cologne, Germany
3. Luxembourg
4. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Looking at maps the cities look like they are all w/in 150 miles (or much closer) from each other. Are the roads easy to navigate? Any mountain passes to be aware of? Are road signs in English? Sorry if this is a hugely stupid question but a girl has to know to make her plans.
Question #2 - Everyone drives on the RH side of road – correct? Anything I’m missing here?
Question #3 – Do we even need a car?? Can we do this by train??
Question #4 - Which city, in your opinion (other than Belgium) gives the best bang for buck? We’ll probably be in the area for about 1.5 weeks. Would not want to spend more than 3 days in each city – what is unique about the above cities?
Question #5 – What am I missing? Anywhere else we should go that is in driving distance?
Thanks all and can’t wait to get out of town!
Christine