Where Next? Travel with Kristen and Carol
Jun 21, 2026 · 44 min · 13 segments
Maryann Walters is back to take us beyond Brussels and into the heart of Belgium, a country often overlooked by travelers but packed with history, culture, and character. We explore Flanders and its…
Maryann WaltersGuestKristenHostCarolHostYou're coming back.
I was curious, you said you were looking at buying and living there too.
What's the, just curious, cost of a house?

One of the things about a country where it rains 300 days a year, which it does in Belgium.

You know, people talk about the rain, but they don't talk about necessarily like what that means in terms of just the proliferation of like life everywhere.

Bugs and the upkeep and how hard it is to keep your garden like looking tidy.
imagine.

So we've been looking at apartments and the ones that are like kind of like on the top of the building with really nice views of the town are about 200,000 euros.
Okay.
What does that translate to? Really
Okay.
So getting more expensive than it was.

You could still buy like a four-bedroom apartment in Brussels looking at a palace for like 220,000 euros.
You're coming back.
I was curious, you said you were looking at buying and living there too.
What's the, just curious, cost of a house?

One of the things about a country where it rains 300 days a year, which it does in Belgium.

You know, people talk about the rain, but they don't talk about necessarily like what that means in terms of just the proliferation of like life everywhere.

Bugs and the upkeep and how hard it is to keep your garden like looking tidy.
imagine.

So we've been looking at apartments and the ones that are like kind of like on the top of the building with really nice views of the town are about 200,000 euros.
Okay.
What does that translate to? Really
Okay.
So getting more expensive than it was.

You could still buy like a four-bedroom apartment in Brussels looking at a palace for like 220,000 euros.
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