After leaving Paris about three weeks ago, we headed to Brussels, Belgium. It's taken me a ridiculously long time to update my blog but I've been so busy and I'm kind of lazy.
ANYWAY, we hadn't definitely planned to go to Belgium but decided we'd give it a go and see what it was like. The minute we got to Brussels we loved it. The streets there are very beautiful and the architecture very similar to France, in that traditional European style. We checked in to our hostel then went for a walk to explore the city a little bit.
The main square was stunning. On one side was the town hall, the other a huge church and on the two remaining sides were shops and restaurants that had been decorated for Christmas and looked really lovely. We wandered through the streets until it got dark. For all you lucky daylight savings Melbournians this was at about 4:30pm. Terrible! And it took us a while to get used to it too.
We decided to stop by an Irish pub that had been recommended to us by a guy staying at our hostel and ended up staying there for most of the night. It was the last day of year 12 exams for the Belgians so there many 18 year olds out drinking which actually wasn't so bad. It was nice to speak to some people that actually lived in Belgium for advice on what to eat, where to go, etc. We lived on cherry beer that night and have both vowed never to drink it again.
The following day we explored Brussels a little more in depth and further out from the central area. We visited a few churches, had the greatest fries (or frites as the Belgians call them) in the world and wandered through the Christmas markets. Because we liked Brussels so much we decided it best to visit another Belgian city and the next day we caught a train to medieval Bruges, needles to say it was stunning!
Not a lot happened in Bruges as we only had one night to spend there. We walked around the town for the majority of the day and had a really cheap and yummy spaghetti bolognaise for lunch. There are some beautiful photos we took which I really do PROMISE will be making their way onto facebook as soon as possible. Not of the spag bol, just Bruges! Sorry to disappoint.
That night we went out with some people from our hostel for a few drinks to the most crowded bar on the face of the earth. Basically, the entire town was dead apart from this one pub so you can imagine just how full it was.
This brings me to the end of my time in Belgium.
Onwards - to Amsterdam!
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