Final Day in Brussels

Hello, this is Eli in Europe. Sorry for the late post - there was a fire in our apartment. There's more info on the that in the previous post, but here's what we did yesterday.

Yesterday was our final day in Brussels before leaving for Amsterdam, so we wanted to make the most of it. We took the tram to Rue de Neuve, Brussels' main shopping district. Surprisingly, there were many American stores, such as Urban Outfitters, Subway, and Tiffany's. We decided not to visit these, but visited stores dedicated to the local specialties of beer and chocolate.

 First, we went to The Temple of Beer, whose name is self-explanatory. My father bought one beer in particular that was famous for its rarity. It had no label and was quite expensive. Later, my brother, (who is of age to drink in Belgium) spilled some of this treasured beer onto my bed, upsetting me, because my bed would smell like beer, and my father, because my brother had just spilled 9 Euro Beer. ($12.36)

Temple of Beer

After that. we visited Mary's Chocolatier, which many rate the number one chocolate shop in Brussels. We picked up a few chocolates for ourselves, but somehow forgot about everybody we were gifting! This led to another adventure, which I'll talk about later in this post.

Mary's

Next, we returned to our apartment to rest. My mother and I remembered that it was our last night in Brussels and we had not bought chocolates for our friends and family. We checked the map and found the nearest Leonidas chocolate shop. It was on Rue de Waterloo, which we walked to. Than we made our way down the street, seeing less and less shops, and counting the numbers of the buildings we passed. We were getting closer... 131... 133... 135... and... 128? We had reached the end of the street. There was no Leonidas to be found. just a bar and a church of Scientology. We checked our map and the address- 153 Rue de Waterloo. We checked a street sign- Boulevard de Waterloo! We made the silliest error, and it cost us, or you, chocolates. Don't worry, we are still planning to get some!

After a short rest, we head out for dinner, which was right next to our apartment. It was a small restaurant with no tourists. The menu was handwritten in French, and only French. The dinner was fantastic, and words cannot describe exactly how good it was, and I don't want to make you jealous, so I'll just say it is probably going to be the best meal we'll have on this trip. 

We settled into bed on our last night in Brussels, and we were satisfied in our hunger for food and culture. 

This is Eli in Europe, signing off.