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Just a one night affair
Belgium
We flew into Brussels after a half hour delay with our flights. We figured there was a delay when it was 14.53pm, and we hadn't started boarding yet but the flight board still obstinately said we were leaving on time at 14.50pm.
We had booked a room at Brussels@Heart which is a relatively easy walk from the train station. Our room …
Rest & relaxation....
... our services, we asked the concierge for a restaurant recommendation & he sent us to a nearby French/Belgian restaurant. The food was reasonably priced & delicious! I had salmon & Kareem had lamb. We walked back to our hotel around 11:15 pm & fell right to sleep. The next morning, we did some light shopping in Brussels, then decided to venture into a nearby city called Brugge for the day. It's an hour train ride, so we left ...
Day Six or I'm a Traveler, Not a Tourist
... of this, everything in Brussels is written in both French and Flemish (their third official language is German), which you can see demonstrated on my Restobieres menu.
Another interesting fact about the Grand-Place is that its centerpiece, the Hotel de Ville, is completely asymmetrical. There are fewer columns on the right than the left and the door is off-center. The original Town Hall was just the left wing of the building, but after ...
Grote Markt
... a jockey - no idea what the occasion is though.
Apparently he has over 700 costumes and they are on display in the Brussels Museum in Grand Place. I went and had a look and there were some brilliant ones on show. Just about every country has donated a costume but I am ashamed to say that Australia has not. Poor show Australia - we need to immediately rectify this situation and send the poor lad some Bondi Rescue budgie smugglers!!
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Wonders of Europe
... statue/water fountain. We tried Belgium Beer, Belgium Waffles and Belgium Chocolates – what exquisite specialties to have! The square in the evening lit up and looked even more magnificent than daylight hours. We were lucky to see the transition in the short time that we were there. Wish we could have spent more time in Belgium, but we got a pretty good snippet ...