Belgium

This past weekend, after my Finance exam I went to Belgium with JD and Neeraj. No, this is not a city Bcop. It is a country next to France. This Country, in my opinion, is known for 5 things (food & beverage related); and I conquered them all.

1. Waffles (Belgian) - count: 4
2. Mussels - count: 2 bowls (~ 80 total)
3. Chocolate - count: 1, but I also brought home some good stuff
4. Frites (fries) - count: 2 cones
5. Beer - count: it only took 1 sip to know that Belgium makes the best.

The 1st night we spent in a small town called Brugge, about an hour north of Brussels. This is a flemish (Dutch) speaking area. Plus, like the Dutch, they have a plethora of bikes.
At night, the town was quiet and a pleasure to look at
By the way, we stayed at a castle. Only 100 years old. Unfortunately.
Outside...Inside...
Brugge has some cool canals which we took a short boat trip on. I just love these old looking towns.

After Brugge, we went to Brussels. This is one of the main buildings in the main square.Excuse me, but I ordered a large!
Where the magic happened on Saturday night.The above street contained a no name bar in a long narrow ally way that we sampled a few Belgian beverages at. Then at about 9:30 pm, the bag pipe man started to play. I think that is when the night crossed over into legendary.After some more walking around town, and a brief exchange with a "shadow economy market employee" to get directions, we made it home to our hotel.

The next day we did some more Brussels touring, and here were the 2 highlights of the day.
This cool looking car.


and our last waffles. (Neeraj & JD)

What is a Hibou? I think someone copied my blog.