Back to Belgium

Last weekend, Brian and I flew over to Belgium again to visit Charlie. It was my third time over there and Brian's second. The first time Brian went (my second) was with my folks back in May, and it was a really fast trip and we only hung out in LLN to watch baseball. Which was great of course, but Brian really hasn't had a chance to tour around Brussels and see other places. We'll be going back again in a couple weeks when Ma & Dad return, but we'll be baseball focused again. So this trip we just returned from was a chance to explore more of the country and Brussels, and enjoy more beer!

We left early Friday morning from Oxford, so we could arrive in Brussels by early/mid afternoon for time to explore. Unfortunately, it was the first major day of rain storms, so we were two hours late. I guess we were lucky to get there at all, since many flights were cancelled that day out of Heathrow.
We met up with Chazz at a cafe next to our hotel and started to explore the city center immediately. Went to the Grand Place, Mannekin Pis and walked along the Rue due Buchers (a lively long alleyway of seafood restaurants). It didn't take long before we were thirsty and need to have a couple of cold ones.


At one of the cafes Charlie and I really like, we ran into this group of young locals on a beer "marathon" evening. They all had yellow t-shirts, a sponsor, and a packet that told them all the cafes they had to go to that night and have at least one beer at each. They were having a pretty good time! Charlie even had his pic taken with one of the cute girls. We think she thought he was pretty cute, and wanted an excuse to chat him up! They were a friendly bunch and spoke some English, so it was fun.

We ended up at another place Chazz and I like for dinner- the Sultans of Kebab! Basically a chain restaurant of kebobs of all sorts. Pretty good and cheap, especially after all the beers!