Blogs from Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Europe - page 3

Okay, I know we have been home for almost three weeks and this latest (and last) blog entry is long overdue. We had many things waiting for our attention when we arrived, not to mention volunteer shifts at the library and local thrift store. Dale and Pat (Dianne’s brother and sister-in-law) arrived for a week of fun and games (and a chance to update some of my spreadsheets for scoring our card games). But now to the blog. Flight to Brussels Getting to Toulouse to catch the plane was fairly straightforward. The flight was RyanAir which went into Brussels Charleroi rather than the main Brussels airport. Mistake. The flight was what you would expect from RyanAir and the airport itself was OK. It was looking a little dark as we got ready to leave the plane. ... read more

V cene mame aj ranajky. No zadna slava, chleby,maslo, dzem, salam, syr, dzuse. Dnes v plane prehliadka mesta. Ta zacata v red light street. Vo vykladoch zvacsa rumunsky, bulharsky a albansky tovar. Za bieleho dna vsak bez svetelneho efektu, no i tak ponuka velmi luxusna, len keby boli lepsie ceny. 15min za 50€, dve polohy alebo za 40€ jedna poloha. Odtial k jednemu zo symbolov bruselu, atomium. Kedze na zastavke nebol automat na listky, sli sme na cierno. Elektrickou ideme okolo cinskeho parku, ktoremu dominuje pagoda. Mensia cesticka velmi pekne pomalovanymi stenami a uz vystupujeme na konecnej. Nadchodom cez cestu az k atomiu. To fakt masivne. Velmi pekne to vyzeralo. Dnu vsak nejdeme, porobene fotky z vonka a pokus dostat sa na stadion heysel kde zacala brusel. No nepodarilo sa, bol ohradeny. Kupujeme listky na elektricku ... read more

Bohuzial predpoved sa naplnila a vonku prska. Opat riadne bufetove ranajky, z nich si odnasam 2mandarinky a 2male jablka. Jedalen plna erazmakov. Do 11.30 len lezanie na posteli. Sa ozvala tw z chorvatska. Uplne, ze pre mna nepodstatna sprava ale pre nu velmi dolezita. Rano si uzila vo svojich skoro 25rokoch svoj prvy sex a cul je zmatena, bo na tw nemaju ziadnu sexualnu vychovu. Proste zaostali sikmaci pre kerych je sex uz normalna pusa :) Nuz ale je cela vyplasena ci nebude tehotna. Mi opisala cely postup a aj to co bolo potom. 2x ho do nej strcil (jasne, ze bez ochrany, sak jebla sikmacka), potom ju to dost bolelo (sikmacka mala picka) tak sa kukala na nho 5min jak si to pred nu robi. A potom, ze po takychto spravach nechlastaj. No a vrchol ... read more

The final day of our postcard from Brussels. Check out time was 11am but as our flight was not until 17:15 we had a full day to explore another part of the city. When Roisin and I visit a new place we like to check out any nearby UNESCO World Heritage sites if possible. We have already visited one UNESCO site during this trip; La Grande Place (Groote Markt by any other name!) There is one other UNESCO site in Brussels; The architecture of Victor Horta. I spoke to Wanda during our walking tour of the city (what a great and appropriate name for a walking tour guide, by the way!!) She mentioned that there are four or five buildings dotted around the city attributed to Horta that fall under the protection of UNSECO. However, the ... read more

I’m still seething from the events of yesterday although we both had a good night’s sleep so I guess the incident hadn’t played on my mind too much. Today we had planned to take a walking tour through the narrow and winding streets in the old town of Brussels. Our hotel is an aparthotel so whilst there is a small dining area behind the reception, at €14 per person per day for breakfast, it was much cheaper to visit the super market and stock up on provisions as our room comes fitted with a kitchenette - complete with hob, microwave, kettle and even a dishwasher. The downside is that there is no servicing of the rooms during our stay so we have to make do with the same rather small and tired looking towels in the ... read more