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A "Greetings from" card in to-days post.. and as usual I always really like to receive these " Greetings From"cards with their information and statistics..Thank you Lara for this card swap.
Posted Antwerp: 14 November 2015 : Arrived Sydney : 24 November : Traveled 10 days ..Merci Lara.
"GREETINGS FROM" BELGIUM :
AREA :The land area of Belgium covers 30,528 KM2. , is located in Western Europe and is a member of The European Union.
CAPITAL CITY : of Belgium is Brussels.
POPULATION : of Belgium is 11, 198, 638.inhabitants with over 3,800 POST-CROSSERS.
CHOCOLATE: Belgium produces 22,00 tonnes of chocolate per year.
BEER : Belgium has over 800 different kinds of beer made in the country
NEWSPAPER : The first printed Newspaper in the world was published in Antwerp in 1618.
SYMBOL : The Mannekin Pis is a famous Belgian fountain and is tiny and is only 61 CM in height.
FAMOUS BELGIANS : Peter Paul Rubens , Audrey Hepburn , Hercule Poirot , Jean Claude Van Damme
MUSIC : The Saxophone was invented by the Belgian music maker Adolphe Sax in the year 1840
B.M.I. The Body Mass Index, was developed between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet.
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