Washington State Apples or other fruits and vegetables

We can connect you with growers of Washington State fruits and vegetables. Let us know if you have an interest in large shipments for export from Washington State.

Also....let us know what business connection you have to offer.

We wish to post any and all business potential connections from members to this site.

Need Business or Tourism help in Thailand?

If you wish to contact Bart (new member Friends of Belgium) to learn about doing business in Thailand; please send us an email: rjgrawet@yahoo.com

Below is Bart's email:


Robert,

Thanks for accepting me in the group Robert.
I’m living and working in Thailand, so basically am pretty far from my hometown Hasselt, Belgium.
Pretty cool to start this group as a Belgian Descendent.
If some members would like advice about Thailand or other I'd gladly assist in replying their queries

Bart
Regional Operations Manager 'Major Int'l Corp' Asia

American Made Motorcycles for big savings shipped from America to YOU!

With the US Dollar at such a low point vs. the EURO and many other currencies, there are many opportunities to buy goods and services in the US for much less than in Europe, Asia, etc.

I have a post from someone who has access to American made motorcycles new or slightly used.

Do you wish to buy a motorcycle here and ship to you and save lots of money?

Give us the spec of what you wish to buy and we'll send the details to you. There is no obligation for your request.

Let's do some business here or help someone travel more easily!

Are you looking to buy something and import it to or from Belgium?

Do you have a product to sell to or from Belgium?

Do you want to buy a house in the USA (with the low USDollar)? or sell a house in Belgium?

Are you going to travel to Belgium or from Belgium soon?

Are you looking to hire someone in Belgium or does a Belgian firm wish to hire a rep or employee to handle their products outside of Belgium?

Send us any posts having to do with one of those thoughts and we'll post it here. We hope that by providing this free site to the more than 500 members of Friends of Belgium Business and Tourism Link that we can actually help some people get some business, find a new employee or job, or make their next trip to or from Belgium a little easier.

Myk Bova is Member #500!

Myk is a self employed software engineer trained in the Ukraine. Welcome Myk!

499 Members as of this date! Who will be #500?

Who will be the 500th person to join?

We offer to post your picture of you, or whatever other picture you wish (could be business related) PLUS your personal message about your business for the person who becomes member #500.

This group has grown extremely fast from its founding in April 2008. Two months - 500 members.....that is amazing!

Let's grow this into the most interesting and relevant place for exchange of business, tourism, and other ideas as is available on the net.

Please send your ideas for business; IE: You have something you wish to export/import....let us know. We'll post it for all to see.

Belgians invent a new game.........

From Reuters Newswire: May 20, 2008

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two Belgian beer fans have launched a video game named 'Place to Pee', which allows players to slalom down ski slopes or kill aliens while relieving themselves at urinals.

Werner Dupont, a software developer, and Bart Geraets, an electrical engineer, got the idea while drinking Belgian trappist beers, they told Reuters Television at a local festival on Sunday.

"This thing had to be invented by Belgian people and that's what we are," they said.

The 'Place to Pee' booth is designed for two users at a time and offers two games -- blowing up aliens in outer space or skiing down a virtual slope. Gamers hit their target by aiming at sensors positioned on either side of the urinal.

A specially designed paper cone allows women to play too, the inventors say.

Their 'Place to Pee' logo resembles 'Manneken Pis', the little urinating boy fountain that is among Brussels' top sightseeing attractions.

Dinant, Belgium webcam

Dinant, Belgique live webcam can be found at:

http://www.dinant.be/index.htm?lg=1&m1=2&m2=171&m3=668

Belgium at Sea

One member of Friends of Belgium has sent a great selection of photos of the Belgian Navy and Marines. Please click on the url on the right side to go to the Friends of Belgium pictures site.

Thank you very much for the photos;

CORNEZ Philippe

Capitaine de Frégate – Fregatkapitein

May 15 - Now almost at 500 members!

It's been amazing growth for the last 2 weeks. We've gone from 350 - to 400, then 446 in 10 days; NOW we're just about to go over 500 members.

When you look at our site; it's always interesting to look at the little map on the right hand side of the page. It shows where recent visitors to the site are located. The map is filled with little flags to indicate where the visitor came in from. These flags are from around the world!

Thanks for joining. Please take a look at the picture site of Belgium by clicking on that link....AND please consider sending a picture of yourself in Belgium, or your favorite Belgium picture.

From 400 members to 446 members in 10 days!

Welcome to Belgium in pictures and the Linkedin.Com Friends of Belgium site.

Be sure to click on the thumbnail picture to the left on this post. It will explode to a full screen picture and is well worth the effort!

Thank you for stopping by. Please consider sending a picture of your favorite place in Belgium. It would be even better to have a picture of YOU in Belgium.

Best Regards to all.

Robert J. Grawet
Founder
Friends of Belgium
RJGrawet@yahoo.com

You're invited to take a tour of Belgium!

If you click on the url to the right entitled; "Belgium Picture Gallery", you'll be taken to our current collection of more than 80 pictures from all over Belgium.

(It's located on the right side, right under the picture of Bruges/Brugge)

I'd love to add you favorite photo to our collection so the whole world can see this beautiful country. (the home of my ancestors and still the home to many of my relatives)

I'm sorry I can't take you actually to Belgium. I'd love to share the beauty of sitting in the town square at Bruges or Leuven......drink some Belgian beer......see the wonderful architecture.......but you'll have to just imagine yourself there via these pictures for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

Thank you Leo for sending this picture of Wilmarsdonk

Picture sent by Friends of Belgium member; Leo Schrauwen.

Well, the picture I send you is from only two miles away from my house in the port of Antwerp.
It is the only remaining of the church of a small village Wilmarsdonk and is surrounded by lots of containers and docks these days. Wilmarsdonk was a village north of Antwerp, which has disappeared under the Port of Antwerp expansion.
The village was first mentioned in 1155 and merged into the city of Antwerp in 1927.
The village was sacrificed to the expansion of the harbor and destroyed in 1965.
Only the church tower was preserved.

Whether you call it Brugge or Bruges, its beautiful just the same!

Please stop by my Belgium photo collection by clicking on the url to the right. There are 50 photos now of some of the most beautiful sites in Belgium.

If you just clicked in from Linkedin.com, please consider joining the Friends of Belgium LinkedIn.com group by clicking on the url to join; also on the right.

I'd love to keep adding beautiful pictures to my collection, so if you have one to send (or more), I'd love to add your favorite picture of Belgium. I especially like them when you are included in the picture.

rjgrawet@yahoo.com

Welcome to Friends of Belgium

Please consider sending your favorite pictures of Belgium, so that we can include them in our picture gallery. You can access the gallery by clicking on the url on the right side of the screen.

Welcome!

Welcome Bruce Rotvold as member #400

I don't have a picture of Bruce; but I do have a picture of his Harley Davidson parked at the tip of Florida. '90 Miles from Cuba' is what his caption says.

Bruce is also a member of another group (my passion) Worldwide Motorcycle Association.

Welcome Bruce! Speech........Speech.......Speech.....

More to come!