Flanders International Film Festival

by Erik Olsen on

Doh! Just in case you were wondering dear Gadlingers, Flanders International Film Festival has absolutely nothing to do with the Simpsons. But it does have something to do with Belgium, a country that I just noticed gets very short shrift in our country list there to the right.

And so I did some poking around and discovered this interesting and sure to be stimulating event related to Belgium. Now why have we not done much on Belgium when in fact they have such great beer? I have no idea. Surely we will do more in the future. But in the meantime, make note of this fabulous event taking place October 11 to the 21, during which there will be a whole series of events for the legendary work of one of my favorite directors of all time: Stanley Kubrick.

Photo of the Day (6/28/06)

by Karen Walrond on

When she was 26 years old, my very best friend in life, Jessica, left her lifelong home of Houston to visit her penpal of 13 years, Peter, in Belgium. Three days later, they were engaged, and now she lives in a rural town in Belgium with Peter and their three daughters. So when I saw this photograph of a rustic house in rural Belgium taken by Luminous Lens, it immediately made me think of my good friend Jessica. So there was no way that this couldn’t be the Photo of the Day for me.

If you’d like one of your travel photos to be featured in our Photo of the Day, be sure to visit our Flickr Pool, and upload your best shots there. Every day we’ll pick one to be featured here on Gadling.

Laughing Ass Brewery

by Dave (Blogsmith Old) on

It looks like The Laughing Ass Brewing Company has the life: “Where we brew, drink, travel for and blog about beer.” Can’t get much better than that huh? For beer lovers at least…

Patrick Childress travels the world in search of good beer, and blogs about it when he’s not throwing them back. He’s been to the 24 Hours of Beer Festival and the Belgian Beer Fest, as well as parts of Germany and the Czech Republic. He is currently traveling through northern Belgium and just recently visited Dublin too. Follow along at his Laughing Ass blog – there are photos and brewers notes too.

Eurail Announces New Options for 2006

by Dave (Blogsmith Old) on

For the first time ever, the company will introduce a single-country pass, the Eurail National Rail Pass. Travelers can choose to explore one country from three to 10 travel days (within one month or two) for these nine countries: Finland, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain or Sweden.

Another expanded offering is for the existing Eurail Regional Pass, with seven new combinations to choose from: Austria-Czech Republic, Austria-Switzerland, France-Benelux, France-Germany, France-Switzerland, Germany-Austria and Germany-Switzerland.

Finally, the Eurailpass will now be valid in 18 countries with the addition of Romania in 2006. The complete list includes: Austria (including Liechtenstein), Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France (including Monaco), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Ireland, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. (The Eurail Selectpass is also valid in Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia & Montenegro and Slovenia.)

As a reminder, don’t forget to check out the bonuses available to rail riders, including discounts on boat crossings, rental cars and a free map when you buy tickets. All these new options will be available for purchase beginning January 1, 2006.

Flanders International Film Festival

by Erik Olsen on

No-diddley-nope neighbors, this film festival has absolutely nothing to do with Homer Simpson’s bible-hugging nemesis Ned Flanders…though the idea of Ned staging a film festival in Springfield strikes me as a good idea for an episode (Fox, call me, I’ll provide more details).

No, the Flanders International Film Festival takes place from October 11 to the 22, in Ghent Belgium. The festival this year will place an emphasis on music and will festival showcase more than 200 films in a wide variety of genres including country AND Western. An October 20 show will feature a concert of film music by renowned Polish composers (ooooh, ahhhh!).