Brussels is a complex city. I think the Grand place is really beatiful, such ancient and gothic buildings, and in the nights the City Hall is illuminated with different colours following different songs. Apart from that, you´ll see some very turistic streets, and spend a while trying to find out the little and tacky Manneken pis behind a lot of people taking pictures. Brussels is full of grafitti (excellent!) and cobbled streets, but has some parts that seem abandoned. We left the Atomium for last morning, I was so excited to see it, it´s a little smaller than I thought, but I can see its magic. Eating fries (that appear to be fried in oil), great chocolate (we bought mainly Leonidas and Neuhaus) and drinking beer (some different kinds!).
Third day: Gent. A different place, a city that seems old and holds history in every corner. I like it!!! We spent like 2 hours in the Castle (consequence of Pablo´s love for Game of Thrones). But sitting to see people pass by it was the best.
Great soup for Fall weather |
So, then, Belgium wasn´t a country that I was dying to visit, but now it´s a place I wanna go back. (I need to plan Belgium 2, with Antwerp, Leuven, the Ardennes and a little of Luxembourg).
And the waffles, and the chocolate fountains... Everything in Brussels is lovely!! For me, it was like being in a fairytale, with those charming little houses...
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