Dispatched from Flanders

摘要

For all Belgium's medieval charm, reputation as a gateway to continental Europe, and esteem as headquarters of both the European Union and NATO, its neighbors often draw all the attention. The country's federal monarchy is a melange: the Flemish-speaking region of Flanders, French Wallonia, and bi-lingual Brussels. Dutch, German, and English are equally influential-all squeezed into an area roughly the size of Maryland.