We went to Brussels for the first time yesterday, and it was quite the experience. First of all people drive like maniacs here, and it is even worse in downtown Brussels. No one really seems to know what they are doing, or where they're going, we were dodging crazy cars and pedestrians the whole time we were there! Theres a part of town where there is just train tracks that take up the whole road...what happens if a train comes??? No one seems to care about the possibility of a train coming and they just continue driving like crazy. Another thing we noticed driving down the road, men, urinating in the street. Not trying to hide it or anything, I guess it's legal here to just unzip and pee on the side of the road, and believe me, they do.
Aside from the crazy drivers and men peeing everywhere, I did find something amazing in Brussels... a waffle van. I could have eaten 300 of these things, for 1.50 Euro you get the most fantastic waffle you have ever eaten in your life, I wish I could send you all one. They are sweet, and gooey inside, made right inside this little street vending van, and delicious!!
After eating two of those we wandered around and looked at all the shops, we went down a little hallway and there was a whole mall hidden away in the buildings. There was every kind of store in there, shoes, clothes, baby stores, phone places. It was like a mall in the states except that you had to pay to use the bathroom. I had to pay .35 euro cents, which is like $0.50 here, to use the bathroom... and I'm not really sure why, there was an old lady in there, and she made me feel really akward, but that was about it. I guess she cleaned it up after people went in. Still a little strange in my opinion.
We found a nice resturant to eat at, and the waither spoke english, that was very helpful. Ate some tasty chicken and another pretty good waffle loaded with whipped cream and strawberries. It still wasnt as good as the van waffle, but it was still really good.
All in all it was a good day in Brussels, next time we go I dont think we'll be driving though. Too much crazy for us to handle.
so much fun! I had to pay to pee in Ireland too, lol. Cory is very jealous of your waffle van!
ReplyDeleteIt's really weird having to pay to pee! and extremely inConvenient since i have to pee all the time! lol. we'll have to make a trip to brussels for waffles when you guys come visit. totally worth the trip just for waffles lol
ReplyDeleteHaha. Paying to pee sounds interesting... I guess you have to make sure you always have correct change. The waffle van looks awesome!! I totally want one!! I hope the adjustment is going well. And sorry about the no 24 hour convenient store availability.
ReplyDeleteOh and you should learn French. That would be cool, too bad you decided to take Spanish in high school instead of French. lol
ReplyDeletehaha no kidding spanish isnt really helpful here. but I dont really do well with other languages, we'll see how it goes. the van is awesome! i guess they have them on base during the summer too when they have outdoor markets. yes!!! lol
ReplyDeleteWell I guess that's one way to get exercise over there... running to the waffle van. If anything you'll probably learn the word for waffle by the end of your 3 years lol. Have you gotten used to the time difference yet? What is it over there? I see all your entries are like at 4 in the morning. I remember you stay up late, but i dont think you'd stay up that late... lol I miss you. Love you!!
ReplyDeletehaha no i sure dont stay up that lae. the latest i'm up is like 1am, and thats because i'm doing laundry. the stupid hotel only has one washer and dryer for the whole first floor, so i do ours in the middle of the night. i'm weird, i know.lol. We're 8 hours ahead of CO, i'm not sure if you're ahead of them or not, but its been quite the adjustment. We could sleep through the night for a long time, i think we just now are kind of used to sleeping at night here. but i guess during the summer theres only like 4 hours of darkness.. the poor baby wont even know what night time is! lol. love you too! miss you lots!
ReplyDeletehaha. poor baby. 4 hours of night time? that doesn't sound fun at all. lol im an hour ahead of CO so you're 7 hours ahead of me, so as I write this its 9 at night where you are... weird...
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