Brussels Belgium

Freshly Made Chocolates

This weekends trip to Belgium was rather last minute. Originally we were headed to Antwerp but when we didn't get a reply from our hostel the night before we switched our plans and booked a trip to Brussels.

City Centre

Chocolate cornucopia

Laura and I

Lovely Cow beds

Chocolate Fashion Show

 As soon as we stepped off the train we headed to the nearest waffle restaurant for our first waffle of the trip. Afterwards we headed to our hostel. Due to the fact that we booked so last minute we didn't end up in the nicest hostel. 5 cow beds and one dolphin bed, with one bed containing bed bugs. But the room was really large and rather cheap.

On our way to the hostel we noticed an advertisement for a chocolate expo so naturally thats where we ended up. 8.50 for a few hours of chocolate tasting and a chocolate fashion show, complete with models wearing chocolate dresses.

After the show we headed to a local restaurant. Luckily we had Laura who spoke french to help us with the menus.

The following day we bought a day pass for the subway. We walked around a local flea market in the morning. After lunch we found the city centre and of course Manneken Pis, which is much smaller than you would think. We finished off the day by visiting the European Parliament buildings and taking the free interactive tour.

Our group and the Manneken Pis

European Parliament

Free Samples

Out to dinner