Apart'Hotel Citadines Toison D'Or Brussels

... away the whole time. She even got on the dance floor for Alien Ant Farms version of Smooth Criminal! That’s just awesome and I giver her full props! After our last drinks and almost peeing myself on the night bus back to the hostel we went to bed after a sweet night out in Brussels.

The next day was go time and we decided to visit the EU buildings on the Rue de la Loi. There is the beautiful Cinquantenaire Park where even in the yucky weather ...

... the last one minute flourish that is a classical version of The Final Countdown by 80’s hair band Europe. Classy.
We visited the local palace and it was beautiful (strangely we were not allowed to take any pictures- I’m assuming that they hold the monopoly on that and wish to continue to do so.) The most intriguing part was a room where they had recently commissioned a Belgian artist to create a ceiling treatment that was nothing more than 1.4 million shells of ...

... my photos into one blog entry) before taking off to see Brussels for one day before heading up to Amsterdam. Arriving in Brussels, Chris' backpack was almost immediately stolen (amazing that we have traveled to all these so-called 'destitute' countries and in modern and well-off Brussels is where we come closest to being robbed!), but Chris noticed the brazen bugger and he dropped the bag and speedily walked away ...

... There are lots of eateries with raw meat things on display in chiller counters. I ate at Quick, in the station. A fast food place, like McDonalds, it could have been anywhere in the world, and the mozzarella/tomato panini, chips and coke could have been served up anywhere too. But I got mayo to dip my chips into here.

... of the people we've met) is a high 9 on a scale of 10. And did I mention the chocolate!?? This is Belgium, after all - the home of exquisite chocolate. On the mornings there was a wonderful chocolate hazelnut paste served with apricot jam for BREAKFAST! Wow! Yes, we did a lot of walking to make up for that one. :-) Cheryl brought her pedometer and so far this week, we've logged over 10 miles walking - a good thing because stores along the ...

... A Turks' motorbike was kicked about,and a couple of bar windows were also attacked,and broken. (I went along with this only for journalistic reasons,and disclaim any responsibility for the events). I now broke away from this group,and walked around to see what else was going on. As I came past the Welsh pub again,I saw that the "Decoy Boys" were surrounded by police,gathered on the pavement,forced to sit,and apparently about to be detained and probably ...

September 28 The previous days, Frank had called me to have some chat and offered me to drive with him to Germany where he could bring me to Frankfurt. After some thought I accepted and it was now time for me to leave to Brussels for the last night before leaving on Friday with him. I spent most of the morning sitting in the sun in the garden talking with Sarah and also having a ...

... was actually a hotel room, so 3 of us shared our own bathroom...what luxury! and we watched tv!!! french american idol. there was a girl from marseille, so i got to try out my french....not bad...except what the heck is scarf???!!!! ah yes, fouillard (sp?) i headed out early yesterday and the city was almost silent. it was a cool grey day. i walked through the little shop-lined streets to La ...

... expect to see anywhere from Morocco to Turkey to Afghanistan, from rugs to hookahs to Qu’rans. Next day I’ve still got to kill time until my night ride, so take a day trip out to Bruges on the recommendation of a friend. It has the distinction of being intact after WWII, so plenty of nice architecture, but nothing you couldn’t see somewhere else

... they need someone 2 days a week to pick up the boys from school and ride home with them. It sounded good to me. Two days a week for like 2 hours after school was not much of a commitment. So I agreed to do it. My job entails riding my bike to their school, again about 15 minutes from our house. I hang out while they play with friends on the playground for about 20 minutes. Then they get on their own bikes and we all ride back to their house. Then we just hang out for like 2 hours ...