Brussels

Well we made it to Brussels and after a confusing journey through the city finally found our hostel. It was so much nicer than the one in Paris, and a lot cheaper too haha. Oh well, I guess that’s just the nature of Paris. We got there earlier than we thought, but our Clemson friend in town, Helena Williams (in one of Keith’s classes, and friends with Lauren) wasn’t feeling well so we set off on our own. My camera battery died (320 pictures and some videos in Paris…), and our UK to Europe outlet converter didn’t actually fit so I had no camera during Brussels. I’ll try to steal some pictures from Keith and post them. But we walked around and saw a good bit of the city, then made our way back to the hostel.

Thankfully on Monday Helena was feeling better. She met us at the Mannekin Pis, which is this famous statue/fountain in Brussels of this little kid peeing…quite entertaining. It was nice to catch up with another Clemson student. She showed us these Belgian waffles which were INCREDIBLE! I got bananas, whipped cream, and chocolate on mine, and it was just amazing. I don’t know if I can ever eat another waffle again because it will just never live up (just kidding…I’m heading to Waffle House very soon once I get home for a waffle and some hashbrowns, smothered and covered!). But she took us out to the Triumphal Arch and the EU corridor, then she had to leave for other things she had to do that afternoon. We walked around for a while longer, found some AMAZING chocolate (yeah, you can be jealous…), then went off to the train station. Brussels was beautiful, especially the Grand Plaza/Grote Market. Really cool, but I’m jealous we didn’t get to see it with all the flower gardens. Victor Hugo said this sight was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. But they only come out at a certain time of year.

Sorry about my failure with the camera haha. I’ll steal some pictures and post them soon. Hope everyone is doing well back home! 2 cities down…