This past weekend, a few of us traveled to Brussels for some fun. 

The flight there was fine, as was the bus ride to the train station, but once we arrived at the train station EVERYTHING was in French.  (None of us speak French.) We were told to take the tram to the Noord (North) side of Brussels to get to our hostel, but it took us 1.  15 minutes to find where the tram was.  2.  15 minutes to buy our tickets (apparently, you cannot use more than 30 coins to purchase tickets…and we tried buying all 7 tickets at the same time.  We had 31 coins.  Failwhale). The tram was also way packed.  I’ve been on subways before in NYC, and I thought that was bad.  No, Belgium tram = lots and lots and lots of people. 

We got to our hostel, and the hostel was fabulous.  It was super-retro and colorful and clean!  Yay for a good first hostel experience!  :]  We were on the third floor in a private 4-bed room.  The floors, however, were odd.  We walked up at least 6 flights of stairs to get to our room. Awesome workout.

I was also extremely relieved to be back in Ireland where they speak English :]

Photo blog below to describe the rest of the trip:

^Our hostel had a disco ball. Awesome? Yes. So awesome.

^First waffle!

^Awesome architecture.

^Drain? Pretty cool.

^Lots of street musicians. WHY IS THE GUITAR SO BIGGG?!

^The peeing boy. I was not impressed.

^The best bar in the city, Delirium. You got coconuts if you bought banana or coconut beer. hah. They had, I believe, over 2000 types of beer there. Awesome.

^Statue in a courtyard.

^Meagan wooing a statue.

^They had some AWESOME graffiti.

^Last waffle in Belgium. OM NOM NOM.

I am going to a Munster rugby game this Friday!  I am excited :]

Cheers,
Melanie

Location: Brussels, Belgium