Oofda. It's been a while. I'm currently typing on a French keyboard (this is going to take a lot of patience) in Munich, while we listen to "Don't Look Back in Anger", a song that has followed us around Europe for the past two months.
My last post was written shortly after the cruise, so let me catch you all up on our time in Brussels and Lyon!
Our time in Brussels was basically full of Belgian food... waffles, french fries, and chocolate. We didn't care too much for the city itself, and it rained every single day we were there, so it wasn't our favorite stop this summer. But whenever a city has good food, we are pretty content :)
On our first day in Brussels, we walked the half hour walk to the city center and saw the main square, also known as The Grand Place. From there, we split a Belgian waffle and then went to find Manekin Pis, a famous statue of a very small boy peeing water into a fountain. It was not that impressive. We then walked to the main cathedral and then found more waffles for lunch.
The morning of day two in Brussels was spent doing laundry. That afternoon, we went to the Brussel's library to eat lunch on the 5th floor, where they have cheap food and great views of the city. Then we spent the majority of the day at the Music Museum, which has the largest collection of instruments in the world. They had 4 levels of instruments from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Mexico. The inexpensive entrance fee also came with audio guides, which allowed us to listen to each of the instruments as we viewed them. My favorite section to look at was the piano/keyboard section and my favorite section to listen to was the accordion section.
Since we didn't eat any waffles on the second day, we decided to find another food that Brussels is famous for: chocolate. We went to the "chocolate square", where we found free samples at four different chocolate stores. (We bought some for later, too.) On our way home, we stopped by a pub to try some Belgian beer.
On our last full day in Brussels, we walked 7.56 miles to reach "the best french fries in Brussels"... and they were pretty delicious. Especially with some aioli sauce. Then we went to the top of the highest parking garage in the city to get some good views.
Before we left Brussels the next day, we walked to the city center one last time to find some good ice cream. The place we were told to go to was closed for another hour and we needed to catch our bus, so we went to a place down the street, and it was ,meant to be because it was the best ice cream cone I've ever had in my life! The freshly baked cones are filled with homemade chocolate which is constantly churning behind the counter. I chose the flavor, "Gingerbread Cookie", and Mom, if you're reading this, I would appreciate it if this is the flavor of homemade ice cream you make this year for Christmas.
That afternoon, we took a 5 hour bus to Paris, where we hung out for about 4 hours before leaving on another bus for Lyon. Pia and I orginially planned on just staying in Paris, but we've both been there before, and since we're running low on cash, and Paris is the type of city that likes to take all of your cash, we decided to go somewhere else in France. So we randomly chose Lyon. However, we made sure to get a crepe for dinner while in Paris. Everything was going well until Pia noticed that her eggs were cooked over easy in her crepe. And this is when we started to bicker like old people:
Me: What are you doing?
Pia: I'm taking the egg out... I dont like my eggs like this.
Me: Like what? Over easy?
Pia: I like my eggs cooked.
Me: They ARE cooked.
Pia: No...
Me: Yes...
You get the point. But this went on for about 20 minutes haha.
Then we traveled across the entire city of Paris to take our LAST OVERNIGHT BUS EVERRRR. I've never been happier.
We arrived in Lyon at 6:30 in the morning and waited in the lobby until our room was ready, then we slept for the majority of the afternoon. Since I was starting to catch a cold, we decided to stay in that day, and I spent the evening Skyping my dad, Paige, and V&M.
On our only day in Lyon, we spent the entire day in the city center, walking along the river, eating crepes and ice cream, and sitting in one of the squares listening to live music... it was such a beautiful, sunny day!! Just what we needed after all the rain in Brussels.
Our next stop was Lucerne, Switzerland, which had some of the most breathtaking views I've ever seen! Lucerne was also interesting because we used Airbnb to find our accommodation so we stayed with a very sweet, but very interesting man. I will write about our time in Switzerland in a post with our time in Munich, which has also been a little interesting so far since we are Couchsurfing.
After celebrating Oktoberfest this weekend, Pia and I will be leaving for Madrid on Sunday and we will only have one week before I start teaching and before Pia leaves me! I'm not sure where the past two months have gone!
My last post was written shortly after the cruise, so let me catch you all up on our time in Brussels and Lyon!
Our time in Brussels was basically full of Belgian food... waffles, french fries, and chocolate. We didn't care too much for the city itself, and it rained every single day we were there, so it wasn't our favorite stop this summer. But whenever a city has good food, we are pretty content :)
On our first day in Brussels, we walked the half hour walk to the city center and saw the main square, also known as The Grand Place. From there, we split a Belgian waffle and then went to find Manekin Pis, a famous statue of a very small boy peeing water into a fountain. It was not that impressive. We then walked to the main cathedral and then found more waffles for lunch.
The morning of day two in Brussels was spent doing laundry. That afternoon, we went to the Brussel's library to eat lunch on the 5th floor, where they have cheap food and great views of the city. Then we spent the majority of the day at the Music Museum, which has the largest collection of instruments in the world. They had 4 levels of instruments from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Mexico. The inexpensive entrance fee also came with audio guides, which allowed us to listen to each of the instruments as we viewed them. My favorite section to look at was the piano/keyboard section and my favorite section to listen to was the accordion section.
Since we didn't eat any waffles on the second day, we decided to find another food that Brussels is famous for: chocolate. We went to the "chocolate square", where we found free samples at four different chocolate stores. (We bought some for later, too.) On our way home, we stopped by a pub to try some Belgian beer.
On our last full day in Brussels, we walked 7.56 miles to reach "the best french fries in Brussels"... and they were pretty delicious. Especially with some aioli sauce. Then we went to the top of the highest parking garage in the city to get some good views.
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| we literally walked across the entire city and back |
That afternoon, we took a 5 hour bus to Paris, where we hung out for about 4 hours before leaving on another bus for Lyon. Pia and I orginially planned on just staying in Paris, but we've both been there before, and since we're running low on cash, and Paris is the type of city that likes to take all of your cash, we decided to go somewhere else in France. So we randomly chose Lyon. However, we made sure to get a crepe for dinner while in Paris. Everything was going well until Pia noticed that her eggs were cooked over easy in her crepe. And this is when we started to bicker like old people:
Me: What are you doing?
Pia: I'm taking the egg out... I dont like my eggs like this.
Me: Like what? Over easy?
Pia: I like my eggs cooked.
Me: They ARE cooked.
Pia: No...
Me: Yes...
You get the point. But this went on for about 20 minutes haha.
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| our crepes... with cardinal and gold napkins! |
We arrived in Lyon at 6:30 in the morning and waited in the lobby until our room was ready, then we slept for the majority of the afternoon. Since I was starting to catch a cold, we decided to stay in that day, and I spent the evening Skyping my dad, Paige, and V&M.
On our only day in Lyon, we spent the entire day in the city center, walking along the river, eating crepes and ice cream, and sitting in one of the squares listening to live music... it was such a beautiful, sunny day!! Just what we needed after all the rain in Brussels.
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| a lovely day in Lyon |
After celebrating Oktoberfest this weekend, Pia and I will be leaving for Madrid on Sunday and we will only have one week before I start teaching and before Pia leaves me! I'm not sure where the past two months have gone!
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