{Bruxelles}

I don't know anything about Belgium besides that they invented waffles, they brew beer, and that they love to eat fries. I feel like AP Euro taught me something about William of Orange but I'm not sure if that's Belgian or not...

Anyways, last week Jon and I decided to meet up in Brussels for the day. It was a 2 hour train ride from London for him and just over an hour on the train from Paris for me! We stored his luggage in the train station and set off on foot to explore the city for the day. We walked around the center of the city and then headed to the neighborhood of Saint Gilles to visit the Horta House. It's the former home of the famous architect and they open the home for 2 hours a day as a museum. It  was beautiful and old and elegant, but we weren't allowed to take any pictures. After visiting the Horta we walked around the city taking in all the Art Nouveau-style buildings and ended the day with moules frites!

Enjoying Belgian architecture in the center of the city

Le Musée de Bruxelles

Sitting on the ground in the Grand Place to try and fit all of the Hotel de Ville in one shot.

Loved this building! 

You can't see from my iPhone shot but all of the iron work around the windows is extremely detailed and really cool. This was an old tailor shop or department store that's been restored and now olds the Museum of Musical Instruments. Awesome.

Moules frites- Mussels and fries. Jon LOVED them.

 We ordered our mussels with escargot sauce (garlic butter) and cheese melted on top. 

I enjoyed eating a handful of the mussels but left the rest to Jon!