The Phileas Fogg Brussels
Van Bemmelstraat 6 Brussels, 1210, Belgium
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The Serious Winter Excursions of Keith and Tony
... back from Brugge, and Tony had been searching for days now for a place to get a hot shave -- preferably from an attractive girl to make the experience and the photos that much better. After exploring the beautiful old town with its canals, castle, and students on bikes, we saw a place open late with a gorgeous girl cutting hair. It looked perfect. We went in and -- not knowing what language to speak or try to speak, it still being a Dutch-speaking area more or less -- Tony just ...
Is it really happening, I am leaving tomorrow??
... I am as free as a bird! Sep 1st, start of one year of unpaid job leave, bye bye, outlook calendar, getting up early in the morning, traffic jam,...
So now, after 3 weeks of family life with Sabine and Co (they are marvelous!!) I take tomorrow a flight to Dulles Airport where Wilma will come to fetch me ;-) YESSS
Hum, time to go packing I ...
Relaxing in Brussels
... to look the same. I have been noticing more of the little details and am able to compare then to the numerous other churches I have seen. I should find a book about European churches and their development over the middle ages, I’m sure I would be able to relate it to what I’ve seen very well. After seeing the church we wandered down the hill towards Grand Place. We stopped in a music shop and there was a little white dog that wouldn’t stop licking ...
Of Brussels and Bruges
... offerings of Christmas cookies, cakes, gingerbread and tasty warm beverages such as hot chocolates, Irish coffees and, my newfound favourite, mulled wine. Judging by the very full - yet satisfied - sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach at time of writing this entry, we accomplished said gorging with gusto; our food tasting goals put to rest.
During our first day in the city we decided to explore the central most area of the Grote Markt or, in the mother tongue, ...
Not the smoothest arrival
... with a flat screen and an iPod docking station to play my music. We have a small grocery a block away where we'll pick up the goodies for dinner/breakfast.
Tomorrow we're going to walk to the Grand Place (25 mins or so) and do all the touristy things by foot that we can before heading off to Antwerp to meet my dad's ex who will pick us up in the evening.
Hopefully tomorrow I can have some belgian waffles and some fries with mayo!!
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