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Looking forward to when we can return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turtleshelltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brussels2019.jpg?resize=830%2C830&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turtleshelltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brussels2019.jpg?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turtleshelltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brussels2019.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turtleshelltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brussels2019.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turtleshelltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brussels2019.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><figcaption>  Grand Place of Brussels <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may do a domestic road trip in Massachusetts, New Hampshire or Vermont.  Any recommendations of picturesque destinations in December?  P.S. We do not ski&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CDC listed Belgium as a &#8220;do not travel&#8221; country on November 1, 2021, and the graphs of COVID cases suggest a surge has begun in Europe, so my plans to take my son to Brussels in December have been cancelled. 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