hey team Rick,
Wife and I have a VERY last-minute plan to visit Belgium from CDG. We're flying into Paris but both have the desire to visit Belgium. We only have about 3 days so guessing we'll just hop a train from CDG to one of the cities and stay there for a couple days then back to CDG for our flights home. We have 5 total days there but leaving a little room as she wants to visit some French shops.
We know this is posted a lot....my only real modification is that the consideration of the time of year as well as specific things to do. I would like to build an itinerary based on the feedback rooted...
Most of what I read have completely conflicting reports about where to go though often I see Ghent coming out on top as places to visit.
We're not museum lovers.
We know it will be cold.
Given the season and the limited time (we'd probably rather stay in 1 place for the short trip), which of the locations would you choose?
She's vegetarian, loves chocolate, and loves loves shops/shopping.
We love to walk around cities but realize we're somewhat limited due to the weather though we can tolerate the cold a bit. Just want to explore, see cool sites, have good food, and visit a few places that we shouldn't miss (we are tourists, after all).
We also love the outdoors but it is a February trip. Oh well!
What would your 3 days look like? Any can't-miss sites? If you have 3 - 3 1/2 days in Belgium from CDG, where would you go and what would you do?
I've been to around 55 countries, she's now been to almost 20 so we've been around a bit but never to this great country.