Off to Belgium I went...
Overall- awesome trip. Yummy waffles in many forms, good beer, sunny days and chocolate! Can't complain :-)
I jumped on the Eurostar and within 2 hours, I was in Brussels. I did little research as to what I wanted to do or where things were located in the city which ended up being an interesting decision. Arriving with no euros also probably not the best of ideas. I went to jump on the metro to check in at the hotel and of course their machines only take coins. Their booths only take cash...sigh. I miss NYC where even a bottle of water can be charged!! I end up taking a cab to the hotel- why not..im on vaca (better known here as holiday). We drove by a very large protest and what appeared to be a wedding party on horses. Really odd..I wish I had gotten pics.
After checking in, I decided I was going to walk around and see the sites. I roamed around for a while, grabbed some food and a drink and enjoyed sitting outside.
On Saturday, I woke up early to take a tour to the Belgium countryside. It was a beautifully sunny day and I got to enjoy it by walking around 2 very quaint towns. Brugge felt a little like New England, or the other way around I guess. Cute stores, food, history etc. Seeing Michelangelo's Madonna sculpture was truly amazing. 
It strikes me how I always imagine things like that to be massive when in fact they are not that big at all. Ghent was a smaller town but with another amazing cathedral. After sitting outside a bit more, it was time to head back to Brussels. The tour ended up leaving a random Spanish couple in Ghent because they were over 30 minutes late back to the buss (random side note but that still makes me chuckle).
It strikes me how I always imagine things like that to be massive when in fact they are not that big at all. Ghent was a smaller town but with another amazing cathedral. After sitting outside a bit more, it was time to head back to Brussels. The tour ended up leaving a random Spanish couple in Ghent because they were over 30 minutes late back to the buss (random side note but that still makes me chuckle).On Sunday, I got up and went for a bike tour of Brussels. Note to anyone who wants to do a bike tour in ancient cities...be careful of cobblestones. I will spare you the details of the falling ...all I will say is that I came home with souvenirs that I didn't need. I met some great people on the tour and got to see the EUC which was an impressive part of the tour. 
Overall- awesome trip. Yummy waffles in many forms, good beer, sunny days and chocolate! Can't complain :-)
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