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're 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.

What do you like to see when you travel?

A New York activist for public spaces shares some of her favorite gardens to visit around the world.

There are roses climbing over ruins, there are tangled branches everywhere.

There is a stream coming from this mountain range that has the clearest water I have ever seen.

And while you can't garden much in the Alaskan Arctic, we'll hear what life is like on the

tundra of northwest Alaska.

You could say it's a harsh country, but real rich with seals and salmon and

caribou and muscocks.

And let's explore the world's amazing variety in the hour ahead. It's

travel with Rick Steve's. Not many people get to grow up in a sod hut with caribou herds as your neighbors.

Coming up on today's travel with Rick Steve's, Seth Cantner tells us what it's like,

living in the Alaskan Arctic, upriver from Kotsabieu.

And on the other end of the spectrum,

author Katie Merrin shares why a romantic garden designed by a princess in

central Italy is one of her favorite places to visit in the world.

Let's start the hour with our old friend Ferdi Mengi.

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

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

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