Brussels

Brussels and me are fighting right now... It made me gain probably around 10lbs in a weekend. Hey, when in Rome right?! Can I just say, the food there is OUT OF THIS WORLD. Belgian Waffles, Belgian potato wedges (they invented the "French" Fry), Kebab places open 24 hours a day, Belgian Beer, Belgian Chocolate, Belgian Mussels... Oh yes, I tried ALL of these wonderful things in the span of 2 1/2 days. All of them wonderful.

I think my new traveling habit is to do all the major touristy thing the first day as soon as possible. I went to see the peeing boy, which I still don't know what he is actually called, St Michel's Cathedral, this comic book museum (don't laugh I found it on a "10best" website and it was kind of cool), then Grand Place and the historical museum there, and a historical instruments museum (random I know). I did ALL of this at a leisurely pace by 4pm on the first day. The second day we did a walking tour of the city, Belgium has some amazing tag art by the way, totally fun. Later at a more appropriate time we did another beer factory tour. (Someone take me running when I get home!!) After the girls did some shopping we were wiped so we made our way back to the hotel (by the way, NEVER stay in the Hotel De France in Brussels) and then headed back at 7am the next morning. Another wonderful weekend.