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... Belgium; the French speaking (Walloon) south east and the Flemish (similar to Dutch) speaking north. In our search for shops we had seen in the morning we came across a lace and costume museum (all other museums are closed on Mondays). This was where we spent most of our time. We marveled at the exquisite detail in the embroidery of men’s and women’s clothes from the past. Much was from the age of the bustle and padded hips rather than ...
Where peeing in public is cool
... don't help” where I responded “yes, I know, which I told you before you rudely took them from me.” He then made me pay 3 euros to look up my confirmation number on my email, and at this point I was shaking and tearing up, half hoping I didn't have a reservation because I hated him so much and I didn't want to give the hotel my money but also being realistic that I didn't want to be homeless in ...
Brussels
... you love art museums. And since we are die hard art fans, we had to go see it! We visit to the Magritte museum, a museum dedicated to the Belgian surrealistic painter René Magritte. This is actually really cool; you can even find some of Magritte's paintings in the US. The MOMA in NY, for example, has a few of his works. After spending an hour and a half educating ourselves about art, we need a break! So, we look for ...
Brussels: Grime and Splendor
... Primitive (Medieval) religious art, some Rubens and Dutch Golden Age paintings.
Before leaving for our train, we got Belgian Waffles by the Manneken Pis. I got mine with vanilla ice cream and strawberry syrup and Aunt Kay got hers with melted chocolate. It was a great way to end the trip! It was so nice to have my Aunt Kay visit and travel around with her. She was a great travel companion, and I hope to do more traveling with her after I return to the States. ...
Brussels: Waffles, beer and fancy looking stuff
... Hungary, a girl from Italy, and their teacher, a woman from France. They were all very interested in American culture for some reason, so we spent about an hour doing a USA Q&A.
After a couple hours, we decided it would be best to head back since I had to be up at 5am the next morning. We took the trek back, and chatted for a while before going to bed. Jessican and Jose rolled in around 2:30-3am, after having going out to the bars ...
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