21.2.13

Bruxelles - Day 1

This post is long overdue. I have been a little out of the blogging loop recently due to starting my new job, friends visiting and my fantastic new flatmate arriving. You can check his awesomeness out here!





Way way back, in the deep dark depths of January I decided to take a little Euro road trip, because lets face it, January is a bit of a let-down month after all the fun and magic of Christmas. First stop was a ski-break in Samoens, the to Geneva to visit JJ, quick stop over in London town to catch up with beautiful friends and then to BRUSSELS!

Everyone kept telling me that Brussels is one of the most boring city to visit, I cannot disagree more. An hour or so on the Eurostar, a quick metro to our hotel and MW and I were loving life in the beautiful city of Brussels.

Obviously food was the first thing on our minds and we headed out to a famous burger restaurant right in the heart of the old town and munched out way through the biggest burgers I have seen for a long time and our first plate of Belgian frites......delicious!





The most famous sight in Brussels is the Grand Place, a picture-perfect square surrounded by grand guild houses and the impressive town hall. The flowers were not quite in bloom but the colours on the roofs of the houses are quintessentially Belgian.











Next stop, you guessed it, more food! We stumbled across one of the many world-renowned friteries; Fritland and quickly ordered two huge portions of perfectly crispy and wonderfully fluffy chips. Beautiful. 




On of my favourite things about Brussels was the incredible array of street art on display on every available wall, mostly featuring the Belgian comic book character Tintin. Even at night, several buildings had projectors lighting up artwork depicting life inside Belgian homes, so unique and such a fantastic idea.








City hopping is exhausting, no wonder we managed to polish off a deliciously rich hot chocolate in the afternoon, before returning to our hotel and collapsed into our squishy hotel bed.



Mood- Missing those chips and hot choc!

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