Brussels and Antwerp (they're cities in Belgium)

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Joined by Louisa, we ventured on the Eurostar to our first location in search of great chocolate and waffles - Brussels! Waffles and chocolates were sampled as we visited all of the tourist sites in the city. We spotted the Grand Place, sought out the Cathedral and a war memorial tower, Louisa missed her chance to photograph some kid imitating the Mannequin Pis and we walked quickly through the gardens where an unusual band was playing.

Day 2 we decided to visit Antwerp. We were impressed by its central railway station and Cathedral of our Lady. We also sampled some unusual chocolates from Dominique's Persoone's the Chocolate Line (including fried onion and sundried tomato). Our time in Belgium took a turn for the worst - I found that having food poisoning (suspected culprit from a burger in Shanghai) in the land of chocolate was particularly upsetting while Caleb came down with a cold and ended up consuming vast quantities of cough lozenges instead!

Not to fear, our stay with the Peeterse/Wiegmans in the Netherlands set us up for our recovery.

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Photos

Louisa's personal challenge
Outside the Cathedral, Brussels

Some arty street in Brussels
Caleb said that the overhanging art reminded him of fire. Hmmm....

Comments

[Richard]

How do you two manage to sniff out the chocolata/ gelato/ patissiere in every city you go to?