Brussels

We arrived in Brussels today.

I came from Halifax and met Mary in Toronto. Our travel agent booked us on Jet airlines which I had never flown on before but the service was great. We even got a few hours of plane sleep before arriving into Brussels.

After picking up our luggage we took a taxi into Brussels. Our taxi driver as we discovered was from Rwanda. We drove in through the morning rush hour to our hotel. I had booked our hotel through Expedia which is always a bit of a crapshoot as you never know what you are getting or even if they got your reservation (althought that has never happened to me). Fortunately the hotel was quite good, a little old but well restored. Initially we were told that we couldn't get our rooms until after 1500 but we eventually were able to check in after a coffee and walking around a bit.

While walking around, we came across this bike

My adult children always bug me about the panniers I have on my bike.

What was supposed to be a short nap ended at 1500 and we dragged ourselves out to walk around a bit and more importantly get a beer.

Belgium has 500 beers. 498 to go.

Being busy with other things I never researched Brussels much and so we just walked around randomly, eventually arriving at the Grand Place with its impressive Gothic Cathedral.

We had a nice dinner of Moules et Frites washed down with 2 more Belgian beers (496 to go) and walked home stopping to sample some Belgian chocolate on the way home.

Not that I'm obsessed with beer.