{"id":33470,"date":"2014-07-12T13:11:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T11:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charliesantwerpen.mom\/how-it-all-began\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:23:52","slug":"how-it-all-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charliesantwerpen.mom\/en\/how-it-all-began\/","title":{"rendered":"How it all began"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33470\" class=\"elementor elementor-33470 elementor-332\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2319095 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2319095\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b5865 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68b5865\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e14847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e14847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This is me, Charlotte.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eb4526 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0eb4526\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaca4a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"eaca4a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>I'm currently 25 years old (born July 12, 2014) on this planet and have been determined about what I want since I was a little girl. My first goal after graduating as a clinical psychologist was to travel around South America and Cuba. I wanted to experience the unknown, the music, the southern culture, the people, and the food and drink, which are all based on the same thing: people who love each other and try to survive, each in their own way.  <\/p><p>No one could stand in the way of this dream, so I set off on my own with my backpack, ready for adventure\u2026 the trip that shaped my future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be3fdd5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be3fdd5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-242a5c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"242a5c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>After years of experience in the hospitality industry and managing a chocolate bar and coffee bar in Ghent, the choice was obvious: I'm starting my own business. A risk that I don't yet know how it will turn out, but I can only do my best\u2026 Thanks to the support of people who are very dear to me, I have been able to make my 2nd dream come true. With my hospitality experiences at home and abroad, I try to offer you the most pleasant and high-quality experience possible. I hope I can convince you and warmly welcome you to Charlie's.   <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a74879 wd-section-stretch e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1a74879\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c65c417 wd_scroll_y_-20 wd-parallax-on-scroll animated-slow wd_scroll_smoothness_30 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"c65c417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-center\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tOn this trip, I realized what I had actually been thinking since I was a little girl: I want to be independent, I want to be around people, do things that I enjoy every day, even during the cold Belgian winters\u2026 Bring about things that put a smile on my face and on the faces of others\u2026 let people dream away from this stressful society for a while.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is me, Charlotte. 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