Day 8 - Brussels

For those of you that think Brussels is the greatest city ever, please be prepared to move on to the next section of this blog. I am not going to sit here and bash it, but honestly, it kinda sucked. I am willing to say that maybe I had a bad experience or maybe it's just the fact that I don't enjoy walking through piles of trash... one or the other.

Alright, so we woke up around 9:00, just in time to grab the 2 pieces of bread, 1 slice of american chesse, and corn flakes that were provided for us. I am not complaining, so please don't think that. I am super thankful for any free food, and this breakfast was no different. So, filled with carbs for the day, we started walking... and walking... and finally decided we would take the Metro system which was free since nobody ever checks. So, equipped with our map, trusty compass compass (which we use all the time by the way), and a never ending metro pass we found ourselves in city center about 3 hours after we left the Hostel. Not an efficient morning. Anyway, once we got there it was time for a few more carbs, so we grabbed Belgian waffles. They started at about 3.5 Euros and went up from there. It's funny because we are both sitting there just calculating what kind of effect adding strawberries or chocolate will have on our bottom line. I decided that chocolate was worth the investment. Josh decided that it wasn't.

Next we wandered around the city. Pretty ordinary. We found a park that we thought would be super cool. It was right next to the Royal Palace. We thought, awesome, a cool big park. We can just chill here... maybe read or journal or something... The minute we got in there, piles of trash everywhere. In fact, the first fountain we got to was literally filled with trash. So, we left and headed off to other parts of the city. Among the sites were a cool square like the one in St. Mark's in Venice, a little statue of a peeing boy, and a really cool indoor mall.

After the super exciting fun day we headed back to the hostel, grabbed our belongings, waited 3 more hours, and grabbed the night train which would take us to Berlin, where our fabulous tour guide and friend Stephanie, would make us move furniture 45 minutes after we arrived...