Brussels is pretty interesting and there are few people who speak English. I had to order my lunch in French/Spanish…and I only know a few words of French. I did learn how to say, “I’d like” in French. That helps when ordering.

We went back to the hostel to take a nap and we were knocked out until 11pm….hhahah we were extremely tired from the travel and walking with our bags for so long. We did make it out that night for some Belgium beer. Two drinks and I was intoxicated.

Our hostel was like a crappy motel and breakfast was included. It was the typical, nasty juice and coffee and burnt toast. We called and made a reservation for a B&B in Bruges….breakfast should be better. So here I sit on a train on the way to Bruges…trying to learn some French.

Here’s the hostel:

Here’s more pics…

Ok so we made it to Bruges and we are staying at a nice bed and breakfast. This city is so cute. The highlights today were sampling chocolate around the city. We did a tour of the De Halve Maan Brewery Tour…great beer. I figured out what job Peter would have had in his past life. The siphon person. Responsible for sucking the beer to get it started and also drinking the leftover beer that spills out or is left over (the guide had a better description). We went to the Church of Our Lady (has a sculpture by Michelangelo inside), did a river tour and went out to dinner and tried some local cuisine. I have to say Peter is breaking out of his “food box” he tried two of my mussels (he did gag) and then had a meal that had cream sauce. Woo hoo. Next I will get him to eat pizza…hhaha yeah right. We went out for more beers and got a bit silly. Now we are back at the B&B. Tomorrow we will check out a few more museums and maybe check out this church that is famous for housing the blood of Christ and then we will head out to Amsterdam. This place is very romantic and I would love to come back.

Eli