When I first think of Belgium, or Brussels, chocolate, waffels and beer comes to mind, all edible things. We spent two days in this city of fooding. First we walked down the large main street from our hostel only to end up in a slightly sketchy area with a large church in a roundabout. Well, the map lied to us and we were supposed to turn left on the main street, not right. So as anybody would do, we swiftly power walked to our destination after exiting the church. We were thoroughly surprised to be in Brussels during their 4 day flower carpet festival. We saw the carpet during day 2 so the sogginess hadn't really set in. Bright colours spanned the length of the center square. We even hopped up on the railing of somebody's
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