Renaissance Brussels

... find the Delirium café. Dang, restaurant row again. But right around the corner we found it! Also, following the direction of the Renaissance bartenders we went to the end of the ally first to see Jeaneke Pis. In the bar we met an American duo ...

... especially refreshing. On Friday, Chris visited a museum, visited a nice park and had fries at "the best" fry stand in Brussels while Melanie spent the day in meetings.  After a really nice dinner at Poivre & Sel, a small Italian ...

... a peaceful twilight walk back to the hotel. Some quick bar food and good times talking to our bartenders. Day 5 Last day in Brussels. Typical lazy day. Breakfast and then back to bed. More Pizza from Napoli. More beer from Delirium that night. The best ...

... unprecedented amount of comic creativity- A level that has defined the genre from the industry's golden age to its present day renaissance.  At the center of the Belgian comic culture is Brussels, the self-proclaimed comic strip capital of the ...

... in our last night in Brussels, upon our return from Bruges.  It's called Hotel Metropole, the style is French Renaissance, and is the city's only surviving 19th Century hotel.  And I mean everything is surviving, right down to the ...

... are also a million cafes around the square and Brasseries, lots of places to people watch and relax in this Renaissance square.  Do not miss Brussels. It will make your mouth water the whole time you are there and for months after you are there. She ...

I cannot believe I'm actually here... the city is beautiful - and the people are just as beautiful as the ...

... the bus which took us to Gare de Luxembourg which was a minute walk around the corner to our hotel.  We stayed at the Renaissance Hotel in the Européen neighborhood which was not such a good idea.  The E.U. area (though safe at night) is ...

... Station. A short (albeit difficult, if you've ever pulled luggage across cobble stone) walk from the station the welcoming sign of the Renaissance hotel! Wow! Who would have though the hotel would have been so busy this early in the morning? I guess most ...

Today we explored two neighborhoods in the vincinity of our hotel;  Matonge and  Elsene Matonge is a district in Brussels in which the streets are bustling with people, the atmosphere is alive. The sun was shining, music came from ...

... in its austerity. In the middle of this, the church stands proudly, revealing its long evolution through the Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance styles that are all evident. The inside is relatively simple - it was apparently plundered many times over the ...

... and old friends. In fact if you picture us strolling along a sunlit street full of Gothic architecture (or neo-classical, or renaissance revival, or something... I've never studied architecture. To me it's either new or old and pretty or not pretty) with ...

... Countess. It is affectionately called the "Venice of the North" and like Venice, it blossomed as a trading center during the Renaissance. Bruges is still the center of lace making, a skill that Flemish women have maintained and refined over many ...

... Countess. It is affectionately called the "Venice of the North" and like Venice, it blossomed as a trading center during the Renaissance. Bruges is still the center of lace making, a skill that Flemish women have maintained and refined over many ...