Brussels Belgium

You can't go to Belgium without having waffles or chocolate...and maybe some french fries! A few days before Dan & Stacia took off for Russia, we drove up to Brussels, which is only a couple hours away, with the intention of doing some sightseeing and a little shopping.  We ended up eating the entire trip, and only went "sightseeing" if it was on the way to another place to eat, or the car. (Don't worry! I'm pretty sure we've all started a diet after the visit. Well...after all the chocolate we bought was gone.)

Our first stop was a Godiva store where we sampled some chocolate and purchased some truffles.

Next we walked to Dandoy for our waffles. We didn't think to take a picture of them until after everyone was through with theirs, and I only had 2 bites left of mine. They were delicious!  My waffle was the one covered in chocolate :)

 Then we headed to the Grand Place-which is a big market square surrounded by old beautiful buildings. All built in a different time period and very different from each other.

After Grand Place we walked to see the Royal Palace, we stopped for some french fries (covered in the european version of mayo, and ketchup) and then headed back to the car. 

On our way home we took a little detour to go to Jacques Chocolate Museum, but we made it there a little too late and it was closed.  What WASN'T closed however was the chocolate store! They had the normal chocolates that they made and sold everywhere, but also had the defective stuff that tasted perfectly wonderful, but that was broken or didn't look quite right.  We picked up a couple 2lb bags of chocolate for 3euro each (which is equivilent to around $4.06). I'm glad it's an hour and a half away! Otherwise I might be tempted to go back often!

Anyone tempted to come see us yet? :)