I completely forgot about this trip – we went to Brussels in April for a short weekend get away.The drive is about 3 or 4 hours and the weather was really nice when we went. This trip was of course AJ's idea, but as always, i'm up for whatever.
We stayed at the Renaissance Brussels Hotel and got a pretty good deal that included free parking and free breakfast. They even had an indoor pool and jacuzzi, which we took full advantage of when we first got there. The walk to city center was about 15-20 minutes, but it was much needed after all the beer and food.
Brussels is famous for their beer, and they have a whole lot.
AJ being the beer connoisseur that he is, loves this place. I'm not a big fan of beer, but Brusells has fruit flavored beers that taste similar to a wine coolers. I can deal with these, my favorite flavors are peach and apple, cherry is very pospualy but it's really bitter to me.
Belgium is also famous for their chocolate which is so good. I spent a lot of time going in and out of the cholatier's "sampling" what they had to offer. We left with about 10lbs. of chocalate for us to share between the both of us (and I wonder why i've gained so much weight). You only live once and this chocolate is so good - like melt in your mouth, give you shivers good.
We were actually here around the same time last year so some of these pictures may be from 2008, they're a little mixed up in my folder.
Let the beer drinking begin...
Beer Heaven!
My baby - checking them all out
Fruity Beer sction - Apple Beer in my hand
Manneken Pis (Dutch for "little man pissng") Seriosuly! There are a lot of stories about this little guy and people flock to see him, if interested you can Google him and read up on his history. He doesn't do anything, so seeing it once is plenty.
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