The train trip from hell was an unexpected travel adventure. When I travel, everything is organized...hotels are booked, train schedules are downloaded, and travel itineraries are on an app on my phone. So the train ride from Geleen to Paris was supposed to run as planned, right? The planned route would take us back to Liege, Belgium (which from our previous impressions should have tipped me off that things in Belgium aren't always as they seem online). From the...

Our second day of sightseeing with the Sarah and the kids was to go to Liege, Belgium. Sarah and Tim live in the very south of the Netherlands, at a crossroads between Germany and Belgium. It takes about 30 minutes by train to reach either country. We had heard that Liege would be a good destination for sightseeing and so set out early, kids in tow. When we arrived we were in awe of the strikingly modern architecture of the train station. It turned out that this...