Belguim

After we finished our time in Amsterdam, we took a train to Brussels. Since coming to Europe I have offically taken every type of transportation possible and I have to say, I am quite fond of trains... I think it may be the Harry Potter trains that make me like the idea of them so much, but they are very convienent and fast.

The train ride was a shirt one, and after an hour or 2 we were in Brussels. We got in around dinner time, so we just got dinner and went to bed, but the next day I was up early to sight see. It was pretty rainy, and it stayed that way for most of the time I was in Brussels, but that did not diminish the beautiful buildings at all. Despite being wet an freezing for much of the time, Brussels was amazing.

We saw tons of gorgeous buildings, and sadly I just deleted some of the pictures I had uploaded on here, and my computer is being funy and won't let me upload anymore. So, I have lost evidence of how lovely Brussels was, but you should really just take my word for it...

We only went to two official museums while in Brussels, the first one was chosen by one of my friends, and the other I had heard about before I came...First we went to the Cocoa Museum... I was a little disappointed because it was not a museum at all, but a house with approximately 3 rooms of "exhibits" -- but we got to eat some chocolate, and listen to a Chocolatier explain how she works with chocolate..so it certainly wasn't a lost, it just wasn't what I was expecting.

After the Cocoa Museum we played around and sight saw. Then the next day, I got up and went (with the only 1 person I could convince to go with me) to the COMIC STRIP MUSEUM. IT was ahhh-mazing. I saw original comics from the 1920's all and some from today. The museum was only of Europe comics, and comic authors/artists and it was so interesting... I felt like I had been to a history, art, and culture museum all in once neat little package.

Also, I had a Belgian Waffle everyday I was there... I had photos, but unfortunately they won't load -- which is lucky for you, because you would be jealous -- so I will have to just tell you about them. Belgian Waffles are not over-hyped. If anything they are under-hyped. I had one with chocolate, strawberries, and whip cream..it was looked like something out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory... I also had one with whip cream and nutella (nutella makes anything delicious). I would recommend going to Belguim solely for the waffles...

I went to Brussels with 2 goals: 1. See the Comic Museum 2. Eat a Belgian Waffle.... mission accomplised, and I had a lovely time doing it.