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.

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 to Friends of Belgium - Linked In.com Members

Hello and welcome to the Linked In.com Friends of Belgium. I am Robert Grawet the founder of Linked In Friends of Belgium and a descendant of Emile Grawet who immigrated from Watervliet, Belgium to the United States with his family in 1905.

As of 27 April 2008 there are almost 400 members in Friends of Belgium. They represent more than 50 countries. Of course there are a great percentage from Belgium, but there are also many who have other connections to Belgium or wish to have business connections.

I hope you will consider sending us your avorite picture of Belgium so that we can post it on this site. We also love pictures of you IN Belgium somewhere.

I will be adding information to this site on a constant basis.

PLEASE feel free to make comments to my posts. Also feel free to send me an email if you have ideas for how to improve our group.

rjgrawet@yahoo.com

Make sure you check the beautiful photos that have been sent by members from around the world who have a connection to Belgium.