Brussels.
These are the days that I love my job.
I had a few meetings in Brussels in June. I feel so lucky that I get to travel for work, and especially to great international cities!! I arrived in Brussels on Sunday morning, and quickly found myself to my hotel, and then off to church in a nearby suburb in Lueven. The church members are so kind and lovely there. They had a family baptism that afternoon, and they invited me to stay for the baptism and lunch, so I did. The baptism was beautiful and the food was amazing!!
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| Cool street in Lueven. |
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| Row houses in Lueven. |
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| Traditional Belgian Feast. |
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| Traditional Belgian Meatball Soup. |
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| Square in Lueven. |
I had a day to explore Brussels on my own, and loved touring this beautiful city. I filled up on chocolates, Belgian waffles and lots of seafood! So good!
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| Grand Plaza. |
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| Grand Plaza. |
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| Grand Plaza. |
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| Flowers in the Grand Plaza. |
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| Beautiful windows and detail on these buildings. |
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| The detail is just incredible. |
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| Grand Plaza. |
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| Grand Plaza. |
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| THE FIRST Godiva store! |
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| I was SUCH a tourist! It was 60 degrees and rainy this day ... so I just embraced my tourist nature. |
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| Cute chocolate store. |
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| Yummy Truffles. |
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| Restaurant Row. When mom and returned on Thursday night to this street we were attacked by male hosts trying to lure us inside!! I was NOT wanting seafood and so I politely declined each of them. I also had to force them out of my way after I declined!! |
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| One of the many lace stores. |
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| The cobblestone Road. I loved these roads at first...until I had to drag my suitcase on them for a mile... |
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| Famous gold statue-- ritual to touch him and get good luck. |
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| Famous Mannequin Pis Statue. Yes, it's a little boy peeing, and it's the Belgians favorite statue! |
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| Beautiful Church. |
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| Street singers/musicians. |
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| Cool buildings on a hill. |
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| Beautiful Gardens. |
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| Doorway. |
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| Tiny alleyway-- reminds me of Venice. |
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| Modern part of town --- crazy to see this and then the old buildings, right? |
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| Beautiful church. |
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| This guy was just classic. |
On Wednesday morning my mom flew in to see Brussels, and then to travel with me after. She joined us for dinner at a traditional Belgian restaurant, and we watched my colleagues enjoy a beer tasting...
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| View from inside the restaurant. |
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| I wanted to take a photo of the beer mug-- and at the last second my co-worked put her fingers up! Awesome. She knows our standards! |
Our next stop ... Brugges! The Venice of the North...
