We arrived, and yet again, didn't find an available hostel or hotel until our fourth try. It was near the Sheraton, Hilton, Crowne Plaza, etc....except ours was called Hotel Manhattan...name sounds nice, right? The hotel was no Hilton. But, it was the first time we had our own room since the beginning of the trip. We walked around the city. It was cool to see all the "important" buildings. We also did a bike tour, which rounded out our trip nicely. We saw the the EU Parliament and many other buildings tourists go to Brussels to see. We rode through some nice parks and had our last taste of Belgian fries, waffles, and beer. It was a cool city, in the sense that it is the capital of Europe. Those important meetings and decisions and legislations
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