Brussels and the Belgian essentials: chocolate, waffles, fries and beer!
All right, here comes a long overdue post: my weekend trip to Brussels . I'm stuffing it all into one long post so bear with me! I had bought my ticket in December last year (for a cheap €65 round trip), but I forgot to take into account that early February was still winter. So when I arrived in Brussels, it was pretty cold! I did manage to explore the city and have a good time, and all in all it was a nice weekend trip. I arrived on Friday evening, so I just had a simple supermarket dinner and rested up so I could start early the next day. The Belgium city center is pretty small, so I spent the day just walking around. They do have a metro, but I didn't have to take it since I just stuck to the city center. I walked the 15 minutes from my hostel towards the center and came upon my first stop: the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert , a shopping arcade with vaulted glass ceilings. Built in 1847, it's one of Europe's first shopping arcades. The Saint-Hubert Galleries st...