DAY 14: Brussels (Steigenberger Icon Wiltcher)

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Today was an extremely lazy day.

We had a lavish breakfast at the hotel - as we expected. There were pastries, lots of different types of bread, crepes, waffles, hot food, dolmathes, fruit, a whole honeycomb, cheese, ham, salami, and more.... We took it slowly and enjoyed ourselves.

We initially were going to hop on a tram and go out to the European Parliament Visitor's Centre, but we thought we might walk around the local shops first. Jim was looking for a coat, which he didn't find, but we did find a gorgeous homeware shop and I bought a cat apron - so it wasn't a total waste of time. We also found a beautiful newsagent-type place, where I bought myself a couple of notebooks and a new glasses case with lemurs on it, so I did well out of the shopping trip!

After that, it began to rain so we went back to the room. This is why we like to have nice rooms, because we often spend a bit of time in them!

We went out for lunch a bit later at a local pizza place, but were a bit disappointed, as they were quite soggy. 

After that, we went back the room again because the weather was miserable, and only ventured out later for a coffee and a pastry as a light evening snack.

It looks like we are not going to see that much of Brussels, but I don't mind - as I think we saw the main sights on our walking tour.



Comments

  1. Barbara7 December 2024 at 13:09

    I'm getting the impression that I should definitely add Bruges to my bucket list, but I can give Brussels a pass. Thanks for doing all this investigatory work for me.

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