Heart Of Brussels B&B
Travel Blogs from Brussels
Cruising - nearly
... boats to be racing on it just forward of our position.
The only hiccup so far was an hour delay in unloading our baggage. Apparently they didn’t have the equipment to do it???. We spent longer waiting at the baggage claim than in the air, but the Uniworld people did know and waited. I will explore the ship shortly as there is nothing to do today and I am not used to that. I am going to publish these two and then see if I can upload photographs.
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Belgium the beautiful
... quick taste of the legendary chocolate. With so many varieties, I just made a quick sampler pack and shared small bites of delight with my buddy Sean. Shortly after 2, our guide arrived with 3 in tow, bringing our total to 6 (another guy named Eric was just as lost and confused as we were so he waited along with us. Turned out to be really cool!). Expecting some huge group, I was already feeling optimistic about the experience to come, smaller groups = better fun. Let the ...
Location, location, location
... in favour of apartments. Yet for some reason, it was nice being back to the familiar surroundings of a Starwood hotel.
I got tired of carrying my 5kg camera around my neck whilst walking around this neighbourhood, so unfortunately, I have no fotos to share. You will have to rely on my description or simply take my word for it, or both. I only wished that I had spent more time in this part ...
Europe's capital is 'choc' full of treats!
... them leads to another
of Belgian's icons, the miniature statuette known as 'Mannequin Pis', or
to put it plainly 'the boy weeing'. Due to the statue's status as a
curiosity, he has been joined by a similar-sized statue of a girl
weeing, and these elements perhaps shave a little of the plainness off Brussels as being a city of straight-laced and sober
European Politics. The European Commission is a tourist attraction in
its own right, and gleams with the sheen ...
A game of two halves Brian
... purvey a mighty fine glass of mint tea while warning innocent travellers of the likelihood of being mugged before they get to their hotel 100 yards down the road. Weve made it out to the suburbs to Boisfort to where Ms mum was raised (conincidentally 5 minutes from where Herge lived for the very productive portion of his life) There are also the endless tourist tat shops and the chocolate emporia where you get high ...