Viktors Rotanovs » brussels http://rotanovs.com Thu, 13 May 2010 21:52:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Belgium: Brussels, Bruges http://rotanovs.com/places/belgium-brussels-bruges-photos/ http://rotanovs.com/places/belgium-brussels-bruges-photos/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:41:32 +0000 viktors http://hitgeist.dev.rotanovs.com/wordpress/play/photography/2007/09/16/belgium-brussels-bruges/ It was very refreshing since it was my first trip outside of Catalonia since I arrived in Barcelona. After rather minimalistic Iberian airlines flight I arrived to BRU, and walked, and walked, and walked before got my luggage.

Old city was beautiful, with beautiful buildings dancin’ and singin’ at night.

Grand’ Place

View my Brussels & Bruges Photo Gallery

What I enjoyed:

  • Great food, especially mussels at Chez Léon, and some Asian cuisine in Bourse area
  • Beautiful old city, ceremony near Manneken Pis
  • Chinese pavilion (Japanese tower was closed for reconstruction works)
  • Comics on walls in many places

What I didn’t like so much:

  • Weather
  • Strange people on streets after 10 p.m.
  • Coffee!

Also, I must say Belgian chocolate is over-hyped. I’ve tried 6 different brands of chocolate, it’s all great, but not better than any other top-notch chocolate in other countries. My favorite is still Emila Gustava chocolate from Latvia.

Bruges was really nice, very Flemish, lots of nice people and almost everybody speaks good English. And, of course, there were canals and houseboats – what an idilly!

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