Waffles, french fries & Belgian beer

After coming back from the U.S., we had an entire week before Brian had to go back to work, so we decided to take advantage of our European location and go to Belgium the day after new years. It was a quick trip - just two nights - but we managed to make it to both Brugges and Brussels. We had a good time, and it was a pretty easy trip since we took the train and it's so close!

I'd been to Brugges before with my parents a few years ago, but this was Brian's first time. It's a really cute town, very picturesque with windy little streets full of shops, restaurants and people (there were tons of people out despite the bitter cold).

We enjoyed Brussels, even though we could have used a better map to get us from the train station to our hotel (Google maps was wrong!!!). The city is bigger than either of us expected, and reminded us at times of San Francisco. We didn't really get a chance to do anything very touristy since we were there mainly on a Sunday, but just walked around and got to see a bit of the city so that was nice. There just wasn't the same pressure to do every single thing as there would have been if we had come from the U.S. for a visit - it's so easy to go back!

Here are a few pictures from the trip:

Brian consulting with our favorite travel guide Rick Steves in Brugges' main town square

Mannekin Pis dressed up as a blind person to celebrate 200 years of braille (read more about the famous Brussels statue at Wikipedia)

Me freezing in Brussels

Together in Brussels

- Krista