1/7/02 Brussels, Belgium (Phillip)
Caught the high speed (200km/h) train from Paris this morning and arrived in Belgium with Felicity (my sister). We showed up with no idea of what to see or do (spur of the moment thing) but managed to get her fed and then we headed out. All I really knew was that my favorite beer was belgian (Hoegarten), they make good chocolate, and one of the European Union bases is here. With that knowledge we drunk my beer in a wonderful cafe near the parliment sipping brilliant hot chocolate!
Well, okay we did see a billion lovely churches, they seemed to have a Romanian Orthodox feel. Very welcoming (as you could see from the homeless sleeping on the floors of the church). Since they speak French having my sister was wonderful. We saw the town square which has amazing buildings. I don't seem to get tired of them. Travelling around on the metro which is by far the best way to get around every city. you don't have to panic like you do on buses trying to figure out where you are, and the stations are much more convenient than train. Plus just a wee bit cheaper than Taxis!
I did wander over to see the EU buildings. Very snazzy, skyscraper like, shiny. Nothing like Parliment or Congress but I suppose that makes sense since its all so new. It was a pretty sidmal day weather wise, but I rejoined Flic in a cafe (being pregnant she can't jump about like she used to!) and we headed back to paris.
Really a great day, I think I might have to take advantage of Paris's wonderful train links more often. I was temped just to catch the onward train to Amsterdam.
Posted by Admin at July 4, 2002 01:02 PM