Ibis Ste-Catherine Brussels

... short amount of time, I know…but it was so good). Luckily, I bought more. Even luckier, I discovered the store that I bought the chocolates from also has a location in Versailles. Actually, that may or may not be a good thing.

My next major trip is going to be a grand tour of central Europe for our fall sketch/travel break. If anyone has recommendations for Berlin, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Budapest, or Prague, let me know!

... do it justice. But that's all I have to share. So enjoy.

The first item on the list was beer and having some mussels in Brussels. Following the advice of my boss and Rick Steve we made our way through restaurant row to Leon's. It probably took 10 minutes to make the walk through the short block. Every restaurant has a manager outside ready to pitch all the reasons that that their eats are the best. "Come in, this is the café for lovers!" "We have a table for you next to ...

... to just hang out in Brussels before heading off to Paris.  We wandered around Brussels and found a place to eat. Of course we had to have mussels in Brussels (I know sounds corny but I've always wanted to say I've done that ;) Whilst the mussels are not as big as the ones in NZ, they are certainly delicious (especially when cooked in white wine) and the pot seemed bottomless. I also wish I could've said that we had Belgian chocolates in Brugge. I can ...

... not looking as impressed as they should ... Gerard looking slightly stressed about meeting the next train. Arriving in Berlin around 7pm we made our way to Wolf and Nat's place in Rathaus Steiglitz, about 15 minutes out of the city centre in a large loft apartment on a very leafy avenue. A large antipasto plate and several cold beers later and we settled in for a couple of days. The kids will tell you that the highlight of our visit to ...

September 7 With Frank to do some thing around Brussels, I waited in the meantime and we went to Grimbergen later where I could use the net and pack and unpack, with some fries! Mmm! ----------------------- September 8 I was lazy again, woke up late and used the Internet most of the day, Claudia arrived later so I went to shower and greet her at the same time than Frank ...

... me up some of his Italian dinner cause I whined about being hungry), I helped him with his NEW digital camera, and then we went our separate ways. Before bed I shared a Smirnoff with two girls from Spain and we had a good time. I also made sure to reserve my train tickets for Amsterdam, and secure my sleep locations for the next 3 nights, officially. I think Brussels would have been a lot better if I didn't walk the whole way to the museums and hostel. I was too exhausted by the ...

... was spent observing and commenting on our fellow concert-goers, so here is... T. T. M. Y. G. HMMM... - ROCK WERCHTER *** There were lots of non-English-speaking bands at the festival. Almost all of them would address the audience in Dutch or Flemish but then would sing only in English. I thought that was interesting as I'm sure they all made a conscience decision that if they want to become commercially-successful, they would have to perform in English. This, of course, was with the ...