When planning a trip to Europe, it can be easy to overlook Belgium.

It's so small that, you know, when you drive through Belgium, you close your eyes, you probably out of it.

But it's got so much to offer for being such a small country.

Just ahead, we'll hear what makes one native son proud to be Belgian.

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Let's start the hour with our old friend Ferdinand Mangi.

He was raised in Belgium and no matter where he's lived in Europe and in the US, Ferdinand will always be proud to be a Belgian.

You know when you're dreaming about traveling through Europe, Belgium often falls through the cracks.

It's a little country, about 10 million people, the size of Maryland.

It happens to be about the most brightly lit place in Europe.

There's actually a term for it.

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