The Grand Place
Manneken Pis
Place where I bought lots of Chocolate!
Me with a statue of a Painter
The Royal Palace
Wow, what a week!! Spring Break went by so fast and it was brilliant! The first stage of the trip was Brussels and this was by far my favorite place! It is a hidden jewel in Europe that is not frequented too often. We left on Friday around 5:30 (our original train ended up getting cancelled) and got into Brussels via the Eurostar around 9:00. We found our hostel and let me tell you, it was a beautiful one star place! It was definitely an interesting first hostel experience- a little dirty and definitely not up to date. It did not hinder our traveling adventures however and we managed to squeeze a bunch in. We saw all of the main sights which included; Colonne Du Congres, the Cathedral, the Royal Palace, St Katelijne, Beurs/Bourse, Manneken Pis, Atomium, and the Grand Place!! It was a really small city and we managed to walk around the place a lot. My favorite place to see was the area around Manneken Pis, which is Brussels famous peeing statue!! We came right when they were changing his costume, which was of a student group. The student group and alum were present and were cheering through the streets and marched towards the statue. As soon as they got there, they hooked him up to some kegs and he started peeing beer!! It was a fun atmosphere and very interesting to see. After viewing the main areas, we went into two main museums: The cocoa and chocolate Museum and the Beer Museum!!! (What else would you do while in Belgium!!) We made friends with the Beer Museum bar tender and he gave us some free beers and advice on where to go that evening!
The main part of Brussels was of course, the food and drink! I definitely ate my way through the city and tried some interesting things! I had the famous Frites with mayo, a Belgium waffle. chocolate, an omelette, a gyro, chocolate, chocolate, and a pork tongue!!! Along with the food, we also tried all of the major Belgium beers. We went to a jazz bar and tried their kriek beer (which is cherry beer) and then went to a Irish bar and tried trappist beer, which is made by monks. The coolest bar we went to is called Delirium, which is in the Guiness World Record books for having the most beers offered. They have 24 beers on tap and it is a huge place! It is decorated with all kinds of glasses, different types of money, barrels, and everything else revolving around beer! Here we tried their white beer and delicious Raspberry beer! The Raspberry was my definite favorite, not to sweet and not to dry.
Overall, Brussels was an amazing place and I am so glad I decided to go there. I definitely recommend it to everyone!!! Plus, the chocolate is the BEST, and I mean absolute BEST!!
Delirium Bar
Atomium
Our new best friend!
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