Brussels

This is a long over-due post but I figured it was about time to share with the world (or just the people that read my blog) my day trip to Brussels. Tori, Sophie, Branwen, Emilie, and I got like a 7:30 am train to Brussels a couple of Saturdays ago...the trip took mayabe an hour and a half (I don't quite remember actually).

When we got there we just kind of walked around and took in the sites...and it was beautiful! There were chocolate shops with the most delicious looking chocolate EVERYWHERE! The first thing we set off to find were waffles...it was the morning, we were in Belgium...no brainer! We found a waffle place and these waffles were like a work of art...with fruit and whipped cream and chocolate and caramel. It was the best waffle I ever had...delicious!

We realized that we were right beside the Mannequin Pis (the famous little peeing boy fountain). None of us really knew why this little peeing boy was so famous, but he is for some reason.

After we annihilated our waffles, we just walked around Brussels some more. The city was really pretty and it had a lot of character. Emilie noticed that outside of the train station, we didn't see one McDonald's or Starbucks or any big chains, which was kind of nice.

I think every city in Europe has an impressive cathedral that has been there forever, so we found the one in Brussels and had a stroll around that one. Afterwards we just kept walking around and found ourselves in a very interesting part of town. It was very similar to a Chinatown, yet it was all Indian....so it was an Indiatown. It was off of our map so we decided that we should probably find our way back to the city and find a place to eat.

We found a little restaraunt for lunch and I had a Stella to drink, since it is from Belgium. The we just walked around some more and eventually made our way back to the train station to go back to Cologne. It was a fun day just wandering around Brussels and it was a really pretty city.

The next day, Branwen invited us over to her flat for a traditional British Sunday Roast. It was delicious! We had chicken, mashed potatoes, veggies, sweet potatoes, and yorkshire pudding. My first Sunday Roast experience was a success!