Brussels, Belgium was an interesting place. Maybe not my favorite place in the world but I learned a lot while we were there. When we first got there we went to the European Commission. The European Commission is the group from all 27 countries that are part of the European Union that make up the legislation that is then sent to the European Parliament to vote on (which we visited the next day). It was a very cool, professional place and white all up and down.
To the left is right outside of our hostel in a little square. We took the Eurostar to Brussels and got there in the early afternoon to the European Commission. After that we were free and we went around Brussels to see what was happenin there. There were SO many Belgian chocolate places and waffle places. Naturally I had a waffle for dinner.
I have seen several of these which I never see in the states. It was a little smart car and they had chargin stations, kinda cool.
Generally it seemed like Brussels was a cool place with lots of history but it hasn't been preserved very well or maintained. The coolest thing was the Grand Place but after a couple of hours I was done!
"Can you hear me now?", "This shoe is D-licious" - Its a sneaker thing. Foot Locker.
Just amused me. Some different advertising. This left one is how I would imagine Molly if she were in charge of advertising a shoe.
NOW I don't know if you can see this but this here is some Belgian Waffles, done right. There were strawberry banana, nutella, chocolate, and Emily got toffee. I will say this made up for Brussels a little bit.
Before we got a waffle, we got some equally delicious fries. Pictured below, delicious as well.
At the very bottom I got a picture of the European Parliament. The guy we talked to was very interesting. He talked about the difficulties that the Parliament faces with so many cultural and language differences. He asked where we were from and when we said Texas he said "My ex lives in Texas." Then we all started laughing but he didn't get it. Dr. Lynn was quick to say Its a Song!
Grand place was pretty cool, but I was hoping to see some pretty flowers as a rug, but apparently that is a festival, not all of the time.
After the Grand Place we got a waffle and headed back. Mine had chocolate and strawberries and it was good. I also got a picture with the stand that I got it from, they all looked good.
The big room where Parliament meets was closed but we got to go into this part which was still impressive. The guy talked about how on the halls you can walk by and hear several languages all being spoken because there are representatives from all 27 EU countries. The main languages they use are English, French and German but they make all the amendments in every single language. So each is several hundred pages.
I thought it was funny he said that the French and German don't get along and almost hit each other. Very funny. But Germany is a big powerhouse in the EU and will probably help Greece bailout of our crisis because they are so rich in comparison to every one else.
Next is Paris and it was fantastic. That one is to come and I am going to Munich, Germany on Wednesday!!
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