Scandic Grand Place Brussels

... Ann and meet the family. We are looking forward to some Scottish craziness! Other than that we are looking to have Christmas at home with a roast and the company of some housemates (not all 9, there will only be 4 of us). I will be looking forward to Skyping during Tacky Present time!!!

So that is all from us, we hope everyone is doing well at home. We love and miss everyone!!!

Auf Wiedersehen, Tot ziens and Au revoir

Lots of love

Danni and Todd

... again.

So the train was fairly full when we left Amsterdam, but after a couple of quick stops it got completely full and people were standing. And then the standing room got completely full. There was one place we stopped where we left people on the platform because there wasn’t enough room for them to get on the train.

I wasn’t used to it being so crowded on the train, and I didn’t like not being able to move around. The girl across ...

... sweet enough by itself (but if you were curious-I did have another slathered with Nutella).

Waterzooi-Funny name, but seriously good dish. I was told it was something like soup and ordered it, just to see what it was. What I got was a broiled chicken leg, in a tasty cream sauce with cut up carrots and potatoes. Washed down with Kriek, a sweet/tart beer made with cherries and you have a meal that's very filling and very vonderful!

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... from me. i didn't want to stare but i was curious to see this old woman who liked 'Guns n Roses' i could see in the corner of my eye that she was dressed in black: black dress, black hat and black shoes..that were bobbing to the beat. I was straining my eyes to see further and just as I realised that she had rather large feet..and that her hands were pretty rough and a bit battered and also rather big..i heard the most amazing deep strong french ...

... s) - reservaties bouwstenen - nieuw foto-apparaat met superzoom en stabilisator ;-) - aankoop goede wandelschoenen, reisgidsen, zaklamp, anti-muggen producten met DEET.. - vaccinaties bij huisdokter - check reisverzekering en repatriëringsmogelijkheden - afspraak CM

... about 2:00am and went to bed. I grabbed a map from the tourist office and I decided that in the entire city of Brussels I only wanted to see two museums. The comic book museum and the Music Museum. The comic book museum was really quite boring and only spent about an hour in there because everything was in French and I couldn't read anything!! The Smurfs were created in Belgium so that was really interesting to see, (not read ...

... would find one or the other almost as much as a Starbucks in any American city. I didn't want to try anything that is so readily available back home, so I look out for the smaller chocolatiers. I found Elisabeths, which had the best handmade Belgian pralines I have ever had, though there was nothing small about the price - 13 euros for a small box. I left the hostel after dark to check out Brussels by night. Grand Place was dazzling, all ...

... use as Visa would lead me to beleive. And some ATMs just don't like Mandy's card1 Grrrr...but it's sorted out for now, I'll be having a word with our friends at Visa international tonight. We walked around Brussels just taking in the nice day and great old buildings, and made sure to see the Cathedral de St. Michel and St. Gudule, as well as St. Catherine's Cathedral. We checked out the Theatre Royale de Toone VII where we bought tickets for a marionette performance ...

... of chocolate and mussels. We got off the motorway and not long after that we got lost, it was raining and all and the clock was ticking (although we're a lot early than we planned), we knew we could spend ages getting lost, so we decided to just park near to the tube station we went past and go from there. Walking toward the tube station with the ...

... to the car with all our stuff. We only took pajamas, toiletries and clothes for the next day out to have in the tent. We were finally set up and we had 20 minutes to get to the venue to hear Radiohead. Stephen adds: Incidentally, the air mattress didn't even come close to fitting. We walked through the campsite and I noticed the 8 port-a-potties that were expected to handle about 500 people. I was not thrilled, again I kept my mouth shut - but not for long on this issue. We asked ...