The other week my boyfriend and I decided to celebrate our anniversary by going to Brussels. It had always been a place he had wanted to go, and as a lover of travel I'm keen to explore more of the world. So this week's Travel Tuesday will be more of a "hey this is what I got up to on my trip" rather than our usual programming.

We caught the Eurostar bright and early as we wanted to make as much use of our 3 days away. This was my first time travelling on the Eurostar and I have to say I really enjoyed my time (although I was asleep for most of it), it was nice knowing that my ears weren't going to have to be repressurised (or whatever it is that happens when you fly). The weather was less than desirable, with it starting to rain as we left the train station, however I felt this added to this quaint Belgium city. After getting lost a few times we finally made it to our hotel- Pantone Hotel , A cute little hotel 20mins walk away from the city centre. 

After leaving our bags at reception we decided to stroll and explore our surroundings till check in at 3pm. The rain was less than ideal but this didn't stop us, we grabbed a hot chocolate to warm us up at the Workhouse Cafe (although we did ask for chocolate milkshakes, maybe there was a language barrier). After strolling around for a few hours we realised that we had been walking away from the city centre (typical us) by this time though it was time to check in. I was pretty exhausted so ended up having a nap to try and regain some energy. 

That night we headed into the city centre to explore and see all the different bars and cafes Belgium had to offer. We saw the Grand Place on our way into the centre, it was so pretty at night as it was all lit up, which made for a nice effect. 

For dinner we went to Drug Opera which was built in the 20th century and is one of the most famous pubs in Brussels. I can vouch for the spaghetti bolognese (although a heads up, if you aren't a massive cheese lover or have issues with cheese, tell them when you order as the plate comes out with a healthy portion of cheese on top). After dinner we wandered about before finding Brussels famous statue Manneken Pis- to be fair this was by accident as it was on route to a pub we had heard good reviews on.

The next day saw us checking out the comic strip art museum, where we learnt how comics were made and saw works from Hergé (creator of Tin Tin) and Peyo (creator of The Smurfs). That night we went to Delirium Cafe as it had been recommended as a place to go by pretty much everyone we knew who had already been to Brussels. We were lucky to get a seat as by 5:30pm the place was starting to get pretty full. They have a massive selection of beers to choose from, I quite liked the Floris Ninkeberry.

The next day we headed home back to London and in typical fashion the weather was beautiful. My boyfriend and I both agreed that we would have loved to have had another day, even though we think we pretty much saw everything, that extra day would have been lovely. Especially as we knew there was a Tin Tin museum an hour's train ride outside of the city that we would have loved to have gone too.

Have you guys been to Brussels? What were some of your favourite sights and sounds?

S.

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