In my haste to catch up on my blogging, I realized I’ve forgotten an entire day of my trip - my first full day! Graeme read about a university town named Leuven in their Brussels book (rented from the library, I might add, a great idea!) and we decided to check it out. It’s tough to describe it in a blog because it won’t do it justice, but I will try briefly as I think it’s certainly a good partial day trip from Brussels, especially since it’s only approximately 30 minutes by train. Leuven is really just a charming town with some beautiful architecture, the university and a good number of shops and restaurants (cafes, bars, taverns, etc). Side note here, just as a fun fact - we looked it up in the guide book book
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