"That's where they make those awful sprouts!"
The Eugene World Tour 2007's next stop - Brussels! I didn't think I'd get so attached to London, but go figure - I did. Five days wasn't enough. Can't wait to go back.
London is now in the rear view mirror. Left Waterloo train station for Brussels. Did some work on the Eurostar while using my iPod for some rudimentary French lessons.
After arriving at the hotel, headed out for some sight-seeing. Wandered through the Royal Galleries of St. Hubert. Oggled some amazing old churches. Grabbed dinner at Chez Leon, ordering their famous mussels and fries. Then made our way to the Brussels Grand Place. Which. Is. Awesome. Totally worth all the hype.
The language issue is going to be fun to tackle, with so many languages spoken here. People tend to think I'm French, speaking French to me, then switching to English when they see how confused I look. The hotel here has twenty something channels - mostly in French, a few in English, and a few in Dutch. I can now say that I've watched Cartoon Network in French.
My other great impression of Brussels is the sheer number of comic book shops and action figure stores. I know that the Belgians love comic art, but I didn't realize it translated into so many cool-looking comic shops. One shop had window displays of Jeff Smith's Bone and Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo. They've got good taste here.
So the question is - tomorrow morning. Do I eat the hotel breakfast? Or do I go to the big place across the street with the neon Belgian Waffle? I'm thinking I must answer the call of the neon waffle...
London is now in the rear view mirror. Left Waterloo train station for Brussels. Did some work on the Eurostar while using my iPod for some rudimentary French lessons.
After arriving at the hotel, headed out for some sight-seeing. Wandered through the Royal Galleries of St. Hubert. Oggled some amazing old churches. Grabbed dinner at Chez Leon, ordering their famous mussels and fries. Then made our way to the Brussels Grand Place. Which. Is. Awesome. Totally worth all the hype.
The language issue is going to be fun to tackle, with so many languages spoken here. People tend to think I'm French, speaking French to me, then switching to English when they see how confused I look. The hotel here has twenty something channels - mostly in French, a few in English, and a few in Dutch. I can now say that I've watched Cartoon Network in French.
My other great impression of Brussels is the sheer number of comic book shops and action figure stores. I know that the Belgians love comic art, but I didn't realize it translated into so many cool-looking comic shops. One shop had window displays of Jeff Smith's Bone and Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo. They've got good taste here.
So the question is - tomorrow morning. Do I eat the hotel breakfast? Or do I go to the big place across the street with the neon Belgian Waffle? I'm thinking I must answer the call of the neon waffle...
posted by Eugene at 2:17 PM
2 Comments:
Neon waffle? I think your breakfast decision has been made, my friend!
When in Belgium,...
I hope you answered the siren call of the Neon Waffle, and that you had it with magenta maple syrup!
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