Le Plaza Hotel Brussels

... big group of guys was singing Queen and drinking Coronas, so we weren't particularly impressed with their Irishness. Finally, it was back to Le Plaza, where the Bain people were staying (we were with at least one of them the whole time), and then to our ...

... flavored with orange peel for me.  So relaxing. We reluctantly leave Ghent and hop in the car for our hotel near the airport.  After the Brussels experience the other day, we opt not to stay in Brussels as we had planned fearing getting lost ...

Today was an easy day, the skies were clear blue with a cool, shining sun. We toured the Brussels Museum on Le Grand-Place – on the ground level is a collection of objects including porcelain dinnerware, goldsmith work, silver urns, wall tapestries ...

... us to get up at a reasonable hour, which was probably wise so we would not waste the day.  Mondays in Brussels are typically uneventful.  Most attractions are closed in addition to many restaurants and shops other than the tourist traps in ...

... favorite son, Hans Christen Andersen. I'm not sure why all these stupid statues become THE attractions of the city (i.e. Manekin Pis in Brussels) but people lined up to take a picture with the thing. Of course, to prove we had actually visited Copenhagen, ...

... commission would've only closed the small stretch of highway which was being fixed instead of what seemed like the entire stretch from Brussels to Luxembourg. The slow-going really set us back. So by the time we made it out of the construction site, ...

... 100g of a can of tiny shrimp!  Nice to know Americans aren't the only stupidly wasteful people... On our return to Brussles, we stopped through the coastal town (oooh la mer!) of Le Coq, referred to as Disneyworld by any self-respecting Belgian ...