Brussels!

From Brussels

The winter markets in Brussels were really beautiful. They had put so much effort into the lights and the atmosphere.

Sarah and I went to Brussels with 4 South Africans - one of which, Charmaine, was Sarah's flatmate. It was really fun being with a group of people that were relaxed and just wanted to have a good time.

We took the Eurostar from London - only a few hours. It was awesome to see how close to central Europe we are! We stayed at the Sheraton hotel - only 5 start hotels for us now... (now that we can get a really cheap package deal from lastminute.com that is!)

Brad, Sonia, Sarah, Me, Charmaine, Lara in Brussels

The weather was really cold! And during the day it was really windy!! We dressed up warmly and did the tourist thing.

The food was really nice, Brussels is famous for sea food, chocolate, and of course BEER! Brad and I sampled as many as we could in the hotel bar while the girls took forever to get ready! Had a 9.5% Hogarden beer - mmmm. And, famous in the region - a lambic beer. Very fruity.

There was chocolate EVERY WHERE! So many different sorts of chocolaty goodness! Sarah was in heaven - she denies it though.

The first night we were there, there was a light show in the center square. It was so romantic, snow falling, lights, christmas tree, music, and a nativity stable complete with real sheep!

The next night we went to some more markets and went on a very high ferris wheel, with seats that can be spun! Oh what fun!

Spinning on the Ferris wheel in Brussels

LOTS more photos here