Thursday morning we left for Brussels, which I didn't realize was so much more North so it was quite a bit chillier. Oh well. We found our way to our hostel all by ourselves this time and figured out the tram of Brussels, we were proud of ourselves. Our hostel was really cool, it was pretty mod and we had a private 2-bed room which was SO nice and had down comforters and a private bathroom! Much needed after a very exhausting week. We explored Brussels a bit and found that pretty much all of Europe has amazing shopping (don’t worry Mom, I didn’t get anything this time). We accidentally ended up in a shady part of town though, it was like porn central- uber creepy! So we diverted off that path and found a super great restaurant, Brussels Grill. We had a good dinner and then headed to bed. Where we had wireless internet and fell asleep to movies.
The streets of Brussels
March 7th
The next day we explored Brussels and ate lots of waffles! We had too much though because then we really didn't feel good. The first one I ate was from a café and had banana’s on it. Then the second one I had was from a street vendor and had chocolate and strawberries on top. To put your questions to rest, Yes, Belgium waffles really are better in Belgium.
Chocolate and strawberries, so good I couldn't even finish it!
We wanted to do some site seeing so we walked over to where the Palace was, where the King lives, and we were standing outside of it looking at the monstrously huge building and all of a sudden we get a lighter chucked at us! We had no idea where it came from and were a little afraid because it was a seedier part of town so we just booked it.
Then we saw the famous Peeing Boy Fountain of Brussels! Oh yes, you read that correctly. Apparently Belgium created it to symbolize their sense of humor, but I guess it’s so famous that throughout history it has been stolen twice! Once by the English and another time by the French! The fountain now has a gate around it and security cameras, too funny. So we took lots of pictures of it. We then proceeded to buy 25 euros worth of Belgium chocolate. So get your bellies ready, I'm not even sure how I'm going to lug it all home.We ate a huge dinner the last night of our spring break; we got steak with béarnaise sauce, baked potatoes and creme brulee for dessert. It was so good I got sick because I haven't had steak in so long! But in my opinion it was totally worth it.
He just keeps peeing...
March 8th
Saturday morning we had to take a taxi at 4am to catch a bus to go to the airport to fly to Rome to take a train back to Macerata. Who knew that public transportation would be so hot? We finally got back home at about 6pm and did a TON of laundry. I would like to consider myself somewhat of a pro after all that traveling. Nothing like being home sweet home though.
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