It took the same time to get out of Paris (sacred traffic) than to reach Bruxelles on a Thursday afternoon. But we never lost the faith and tried to enjoy a little bit of the music Javi had brought. I only knew three out of the 50 CDs he had, so there was a lot to learn ;) Anyway Amelie’s Soundtrack was played from the beginning to the end.
Warm welcome in Brussels at a friends house. They had prepared us the attic, an splendid 5th floor in their great house. Then, too late for dinner, we decided to start straight with the Belgian beer. We only had time to try three before getting drunk. Pas mal for a first attempt.
Second day. We walked around the centre and have some of the typical moules frites. It’s a small world, I found three friends from Madrid by accident. And then, no time for excuses, started with the Belgium beer again. After some more we moved to Jagermeister with Red Bull which was what made the night last till 8am. It was a great night, one of those that you don’t forget easily, nor us, nor the other interns from The Hague who found us by accident!
Third day. No need to mention the hang over (especially one of us..) so I spent the day having mojitos at a terrace in Bruxelles with some of the old friends, Joaquin, another expat in Brussels and Piet, a Belgian friend from Toulose (I didn’t have time to see Thijs but I expect his visit soon in Paris!)
Again, last chance for a belgium beer. This time, with more training, we taste many more in the Delirium Tremens, the touristic bar for people like us. It was a long night too, first a techno club, then a jazz club and finally a late dinner at a Greek restaurant (best ever after my visit to Greece four years ago) I know we should have start the night in the Greek, then the jazz and finally the techno, but, we are original, aren’t we?
Finally, on Sunday some surprises after the gauffres… it took us an hour walking around the district (colega, ¿dónde está mi coche?) to find out that they had taken our car... a taxi, a fine, and again the traffic to enter the city…
We were so lazy (or so in love with Brussels) than we didn’t go to Gant or Bruges…but, who cares!! it was an awesome weekend!
Warm welcome in Brussels at a friends house. They had prepared us the attic, an splendid 5th floor in their great house. Then, too late for dinner, we decided to start straight with the Belgian beer. We only had time to try three before getting drunk. Pas mal for a first attempt.
Second day. We walked around the centre and have some of the typical moules frites. It’s a small world, I found three friends from Madrid by accident. And then, no time for excuses, started with the Belgium beer again. After some more we moved to Jagermeister with Red Bull which was what made the night last till 8am. It was a great night, one of those that you don’t forget easily, nor us, nor the other interns from The Hague who found us by accident!
Third day. No need to mention the hang over (especially one of us..) so I spent the day having mojitos at a terrace in Bruxelles with some of the old friends, Joaquin, another expat in Brussels and Piet, a Belgian friend from Toulose (I didn’t have time to see Thijs but I expect his visit soon in Paris!)
Again, last chance for a belgium beer. This time, with more training, we taste many more in the Delirium Tremens, the touristic bar for people like us. It was a long night too, first a techno club, then a jazz club and finally a late dinner at a Greek restaurant (best ever after my visit to Greece four years ago) I know we should have start the night in the Greek, then the jazz and finally the techno, but, we are original, aren’t we?
Finally, on Sunday some surprises after the gauffres… it took us an hour walking around the district (colega, ¿dónde está mi coche?) to find out that they had taken our car... a taxi, a fine, and again the traffic to enter the city…
We were so lazy (or so in love with Brussels) than we didn’t go to Gant or Bruges…but, who cares!! it was an awesome weekend!
2 comentarios:
Wow. This sounds like a road trip weekend par excellence!
But who works hard can also have a big party :)
Keep it up and take care!
Bruselas es la ciudad mas minusvalorada de Europa...cuando es super bonita; y tiene hasta ambientillo y fiesta...(para estar ya en el limeite de la tierra de los barbaros del norte...)
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