Interesting, stimpy. Tell me more about what you like about Gent and the Walloon towns? I loved some of the small towns we saw between Vienna and Prague last year during Christmas holiday.

True and you made other good points for point A to point B train travel.

However, when traveling with luggage and family (or even alone and traveling with luggage) and when stopping at multiple intermediate destinations between where you leave and final destination, I think recommending train travel is horrible advice. It creates tons more hassle and takes a lot more time. Trying to see the same places we did last year between Vienna and Prague by train instead of by mini-van transport would have required the expense of lots of taxi rides between train station and destination, finding storage for all luggage at each destination, paying for that storage (which we did at Victoria Station - Left Luggage - totaled 45 british pounds, not cheap at all) a lot more research in advance, and an extra night's stay somewhere as well. Not to mention we would have missed a couple of the beautiful and romantic castles that simply would have been too much hassle to get to. Cabs don't want to wait around
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Thank you Koby, I will look into those cities (Metz, Reims and Lille). We aren't convinced of exactly what cities we should see between Strasbourg and Brugge. We'll be taking trains between Paris and Strasbourg and Brugge back to Paris. It seems between Strasbourg and Brugge is an ideal time for by-car sightseeing.

True! So Luxembourg has not much to recommended vs other possibilities?


Alsacienne, thank you for your very specific advice. What cities would you recommend visiting between Strasbourg and Brugge?