After Paris, we had a few days to kill before we had to be in Amsterdam to meet our friend, Sara. We figured instead of flying we would just take a bus through Belgium and stop for 48 hours in Brussels before making our way via another bus to Amsterdam. While we know this is never enough time to see a city/country, we thought it was better to see a little than none of it. Throughout our trip we’ve met many Belgians and all of them have been wonderful, so we regret not getting more time in their country as it clearly is pumping out awesome people.
Our short time in the city consisted of us just eating, getting caught up on sleep and some to-do’s on the computer. Simple as that. We just walked around and ate food anywhere that looked tasty. My personal favorite was the chocolate shops and having world class chocolatiers let us sample their work. Katie found a cool antique market we cruised through but it’s pretty devestating to shop when you only have a backpack to your name. We stayed in an Airbnb in the middle of the city so it was easy to explore town, eat the food and get back in time to watch a movie to wrap up the night. Since we had partied and drank plenty during our time in Paris with friends, we unfortunately weren’t up for sampling lots of Belgian beer which usually is a must! Stops like this for us are great to just take a breather and recalibrate. Kind of like a normal weekend back home. We didn’t sightsee too much so here are the few pics we did take…
