Brussels

For my birthday Michele booked a weekend break in Brussels.  Was not somewhere that was high on my list of places to see but hey ho she was paying for it and she did mention that there was loads of beers.

When we arrived there we decided to find our hotel and then have a stroll round the hotel.  Michele booked us the Renaissance Hotel in the European area of the city (right beside the parliament).  After getting settled it was decided we would have a quick stroll round the area we were in.  We found a nice area for drinks at the Place Jourdan which had lots of cafe's selling all sorts of beer.

While grabbing some beer we bought some well deserved fries from the Masion Antonie, Belgium fries cant go wrong there.  These fries were fantastic and I would highly recommend anyone going to Brussels to hunt this place out for the fries alone.  After sampling some more of the local beers at the Place du Luxembourg we decided that the next day we would head to Bruges for a day trip as we wanted to see that city as well.

After our trip to Bruges we were back in the city and ready to explore.  We jumped on the underground to the center of town and then hopped on a city bus (decided that this would be the best way to see most things in the city)  City bus was pretty decent took about an hour all in and covered a fair amount of the city with plenty of stops if you wanted to get off.  After doing this trip we decided to head for the Grand Place are have a look about here and trying to hunt down the Manneken Pis who was dressed up for us today.

Another beer stop after this before we decided to use the tour guide book we had and try and find a chocolatier that was a ride away in the underground.  Without getting lost we managed to get right to the place and sampled some chocos.

With all the site seeing done for the day it was time to head back to the Place Jourdan for some chill out beers and fries!