I only spent 1 day and 1 night in Brussels but that's all I needed; had a lame (and empty) dorm with no-one I liked, so just wandered around on my own and saw the comics museum (Belgium has a massive comic strip culture) which showed the history of Tintin and The Smurfs and other Belgian comics, it also had a temporary exhibition on Moomintrolls (even though they're Finnish) which I loved because remembered reading the books with dad!
Saw the stunning main Markt square and the tiny Mannekin Pis fountain plus all the chocolate mannekin pis' in every chocolatier window! I ate a plain sugar waffle after my local map suggested these are the real deal, waffles with nutella on them show you're a tourist, and waffles covered in whipped cream and fruit scream 'come and mug me!' Got to speak French all day which was fun, but didn't like the area my hostel was is, it was a bit ghetto.
Also learnt that 'french' fries were invented in Belgium, and are only called French because soldiers from ww1 remembered those who were cooking them up spoke French, and assumed they were from France... So they are very proud of their frites! Hopped on a train to Amsterdam after this!
Saw the stunning main Markt square and the tiny Mannekin Pis fountain plus all the chocolate mannekin pis' in every chocolatier window! I ate a plain sugar waffle after my local map suggested these are the real deal, waffles with nutella on them show you're a tourist, and waffles covered in whipped cream and fruit scream 'come and mug me!' Got to speak French all day which was fun, but didn't like the area my hostel was is, it was a bit ghetto.
Also learnt that 'french' fries were invented in Belgium, and are only called French because soldiers from ww1 remembered those who were cooking them up spoke French, and assumed they were from France... So they are very proud of their frites! Hopped on a train to Amsterdam after this!
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