Blogs from Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Europe - page 68

Well, itùs a pity thqt NONE of these co,puters hqve the qbility to get photos off my cqmera_ LET ALONE the capacity to hqve q NORMQL KEYBOARD so thqt i cqn type legibly; so im just going to have to wait until the UK::: Brussels was very funky; very cool qnd very musical;;; Ash, Alaya + I have agreed to go back there (seeing as we were only there a total of 4hours!) They have the biggest ,useu, of ,usical instru,ents in the world......! ....it was closed..... Belgian beer is the best i hqve ever tqsted::: as is the chocolqte::: cant hqndle this keyboard qny,ore!!!!!!!!!... read more

We´re just finishing up our 2.5 day stay with Erwin (another Spring guy), Bieke, and Esther in Lueven, Belgium. Again, it's been great having locals to show us around and make us feel welcome in their homes! During our stay here, we´ve visited downtown Leueven and Brussels, tasted local famous foods such as Belgian waffles, Belgian chocolates (we´re bringing some of these home), Belgian frites (fries), and a homecooked meal made by Bieke herself, and been able to socialize with I21/Spring locals! Keith has also tried MANY different Belgian beers (Kwak, Mais, Palm, Sudden Death something, Hoegartten, Forbidden Fruit, and more... btw I´m sure I´ve screwed up the spelling of a few of those). We´ve had lots of fun getting to know Erwin and Bieke, playing with Esther, and meeting Steven D. (another I21 guy). For ... read more

New York New York, it's a Helluva Town Right, so, coming to you live from Brussels, about 6 hours after I last updated, is Tristan, dishing all the goss on our time in New York City. We left Toronto around 8 and drove straight through overnight, stopping at Niagra Falls again, and so we arrived in New York City on the morning of the 9th feeling very tired indeed. However, time was precious, and our first order of business was to sell the car. To this end, we stopped at the State of New York DMV for some advice.....which was 'fuck off.' Basically, as the car was registered in California, they didn't want to know about it. The car went on the back burner temporarily as our second order of business was a place to crash ... read more

We awoke in the morning to sunny skies that would remain for the majority of the day. Our current hostal is a lot like a dorm for really cool people. Breakfast this morning included a decent choice of food, lunch trays, and a line for entry into a cafeteria. It was a good meal, and I was certain that it would be a start to another great day of exploring and I was right. One great thing about being over here is that every single day, if not every single hour, brings completely new experiences that are totally unexpected. I've used the term "welcomed surprise" a number of times on this blog for good reason. Every day is full of new firsts - first time in a catacomb, first time speaking politics with foreigners, first time ... read more

I did quite like it here even though it is not the most exciting place in the world and has a bad reputation in Europe for being a bit of a hole. I spent most of my day up in Heysel which is on the outskirts of the city but has a nice large park, and Brupark! which is a complex that has a water park, cinemas and Mini-Europe which is quite possibly the tackiest thing I have ever seen. It has all the major landmarks of Europe but at 1/25th of the size. My camera ran out of batteries while I was halfway through Mini-Europe so there are no photos of my early evening where I went into the city centre and saw Grand Place, which is quite amazing, a huge square surrounded by cool ... read more