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Bringing in the NEW YEAR, 2012 in Brussels
We arrived in Brussels, Belgium to some more freezing cold weather. It didn't get above zero the whole time we were there. Our hotel was close to the city and so we walked everywhere. Brussels is full of cobbled streets, which made for a fair bit of ankle rolling. It was New Years Eve when we arrived so we set out to find what festivities were going on that night. We found an information centre where the staff were boozing up and on the champagne already. They ...
Belgium: In three parts..
... as we watched them play (they are so incredibly like us) it was the opposite case when I noticed the jaguar staring at me like I was today's tasty lunch!
One of the days in Antwerp I went off on my own for a few hours (I am SO much better at not getting lost now) and found the trendy area with all the unique clothing stores and there were a few really good second hand clothes shops too. In this area I found the Mode Museum, which is a fashion museum that had ...
A Day in Belgium
... ride Michael slept some and I worked on my summary of yesterday's events. We also tried to figure out our itinerary for the day.I am very proud of us because we have definitely tried to be more spontaneous and not plan everything to the hilt. Although we obviously knew where we were going to be on which day, we have been deciding things during the day and figuring out how to make it happen. After much thought, we (more so, I) had decided on seeing ...
The Beginning
... were on the third floor and the girls were directly below us on the second floor, but the numbering system was different. The lobby was floor zero and the next floor was #1. So I was on the third floor but it really was the fourth floor. Amir and I had the room on the right and Nick, Brady, and Spencer had the room right next to us. Our rooms were small but not too bad.
We had a group lunch at the Agora (the student union at the University of Antwerp). I wasn't very hungry so ...
Chocolate is a tasty god in Brussels
... in the square and project a light show on the massive Catheral of St Catherine just to show off all that grandeur. Its really not to be missed. Throught the ages since the 1400s people were beheaded and burned in this square...and later Hitlers army marched on the square on their way to France. A source from that time period (sort of like the national enquirer of world war II ) claims that Hitlers army actually thought they were in France. Those crazy ...


