Hotel Le Dome Brussels

... relaxed, then got dressed and headed for a night on the town!! We found this very cute and cool restaurant, where we sat upstairs looking right into the kitchen, which was perfect for Grace as she could spy on the hot Chef! We ate some more chips, had a drink, and then moved on to a pub that was a little crazy inside, so we got some drinks and sat outside under the heaters. After a couple of drinks there, we eventually decided ...

... a momentous task. All I wanted to do was drop my bags off and sleep for a few hours so I could function properly. <br><br>Half an hour later, I was finally in my hotel after experiencing Brussels cobblestone roads. I couldn&#8217;t think of anything but resting - sightseeing would have to wait. I basically passed out for another few hours, despite sleeping on the train. Partying has taken its toll, so I must remember that I ...

... to me that people at Saint-Gobain normally take Friday off, for a four day weekend. Unsure if I could actually use a vacation day without having worked a full week, a call to HR revealed that indeed, I could use a vacation day. Now was my chance to go to Brussels, and I had some pretty lofty expectations for this trip, hoping it would be epic. <br><br>I guess in retrospect, the phrase "Be careful what you wish for-you just might get it," couldn ...

... chocolate. The streets here are all wet cobblestone and chocolate shops, and stone buildings in a certain style. Everywhere you go, everything seems to have been *designed*. The people, the clothing, the shops. Like maybe an elementary school education here covers Design, Fashion, and a bunch of languages - French, Dutch, and English. My French has definitely slipped in the two years since I last spoke it. Sometimes ...

Etant donné qu'il y a 3 trains à l'heure qui rejoignent la capitale belge, Pierre-Luc et moi étirons le farniente en ce dimanche matin. Lorsque nous quittons le Charlie vers les 9 heures 30, il fait une température certes fraîche, même selon nos critères canadiens, mais nous sommes sous un ciel azur, sans la moindre trace d'humidité et de nuages ; nous longeons une dernière fois les omniprésents canaux de Brugge avant de se rendre à la gare, une demie-heure de marche plus ...

... choose from. That is not a mistype like the rest of my blogs are. 2000 beers from all over the world. How do you order from a place like this, well you don't. You ask the bartender for his favorite and you get what you get. I got some Belgium dark beer which was pretty good except for the fact that Belgium beer has quite a bitter taste to it. Tiffany got a raspberry beer, which was really good for a chick drink. We headed ...

Back tracking now... We were in Brussels for 2 nights. We were happy to find that we had booked a cheap hotel as all the hostels were booked out, but we had forgotten this. So we turned up to this place not realising we had our own room, and it was the best thing after not sleeping in Athens! Room was awesome - ensuite bathroom obviously, comfy bed with multiple pillows, and tv with bbc channel (meaning I could watch the apprentice ...

... that ends well and I met her of a beer or three and she was most apologetic......On to Brugge BRUGGE Again a city I think would be good to live. More canals. More old buildings. Some really good sights actually if you take the time. I did three self guided walking tours and saw pretty much all there was to see. Lots of people cycling, and even an odd moped on the cycleways. This place has windmills too!! That said it was a lot more touristy ...

... time for this process, as we only had our passes validated 15 minutes prior to departure. Again the Thalys was a great way to travel, a nice long trip on the 300km/h high speed line. The only downside was that our seats were part of a group of 4 inward facing seats around a table. Once settled into our hotel across the road from the Brussels-Midi (Zuid) station, we took the Metro to the Bourse in the center of town and walked around. The trams and busses here in Brussels look very ...

... had arrived. My last day!!!! We decided to pack up the tent and leave after the concert was over at midnight. The original plan was to wake up at 5 AM Monday morning and leave and Stephen would go straight to work. Since, I would not be asleep until 7 AM, we decided what was the point. On Sunday, we decided not to bring our blanket, just a towel, since everyone walks all over the blanket. It was super hot out in Sunday. We could not believe people were still drinking beer. Stephen ...