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Trip to Belgium in 2006.

Note, the pictures appear to not have correct colours as WinXP keeps on messing about with the scanner.

Explaination of some of the pictures:

 1. Scenary in France whilst travelling to Belgium on the Eurostar.
 2. A TGV coming into Brussels Midi same time as the Eurostar.
 3. Eurostar arrived.
 4. The nice looking side of Brussels Midi / Zuid train station.
 5. On platform looking at a TGV and two Thalys'.
 6. A Thayls waiting to leave.
 7. Special invite: Looking outside a Thalys.
 8. A German ICE and Thalys on the same platform.
 9. Empty train station.
10. A canal.
 11. A side view of a marina.
12. Converted water tower.
13. Main shopping area.
14. A church at night.
15. Old town hall.
16. By chance, a hot air balloon is spotted flying overhead.
17. A collection of statues.

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Video Clips:
I would like to thank the Belgian Railways for their permission that allowed me to video the clips below (except the Eurostar wierdos who think their trains are "something special").

Right click to save the files to disk.
Video clip 1 - Thalys in Brussels Zuid / Midi, video shot all in one take. (29MB, MPEG1, 2min56s)
Video clip 2 - A regular Belgian train leaves a station, video is real-time *. (24MB, MPEG1, 2min16s)

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