After our long 13 hour sleep we got up even more tired than the night before. Still we had to wake up and see what Belgium had to offer.
First stop was our free breakfast at the hostel. It was only a simple breakfast but still did the job of keeping our stomachs and pockets happy. Today's breakfast was stale bread, cereal, juice, and coffee/tea.
As we had discovered Brussels was fairly small yesterday we decided to try and walk to the museums instead of taking public transport. This proved to be a mistake as we couldn't read the map properly and the wind had the most ruthless chill. Finally we had enough of the wind and the walking so we walked into the closest building. To our surprise not only was the building warm it was also a museum of instruments, 7000 of them. It was also one of the museums we wanted to go to.
We went in and bought our tickets and handed over our coats and bags to the cloak room people. All this museum had was 4 floors of instruments from early medieval sticks to modern digital antennas. There was no interactive instruments except for one piano that didn't even work, a clarinet that play 3 notes and a trumpet that just looked pretty. Even though Asher and I are passionate musicians we both found it very dry. I hate to think what Steven thought of it.
Now this museum had a lot of displays that required just as much walking and about 400 flights of stairs to battle. Let's be honest. It took it out of us. The next thing on our mind was food. Again! We ended up finding a nice bagguette shop near by which thankfully satisfied our hunger.
A short train ride out of town took us to the only operational brewery in Belgium. It was a small brewery that made beer the old fashioned way. Nothing like the XXXX brewery back home. All things the same, it was an awesome experience seeing the old boilers and fermenting kegs. At the end of the tour we had the opportunity to taste test their beer. I am not really a beer drinker but this beer was nothing like usual beer. It was very acidic. The options offered were a rasberry and cherry beer. The only way to describe this beer would be to say that it was mix between wine and beer.
The same short train ride back to town brought us to the main square of Brussels. We had dinner here and was told by the spanish waiter that he would like to come home with us. Strange but we attributed this to our friendly personas. During dinner I unknowingly bought a 4 Euro bottle of water ($8 AUD). It was expensive but it came in a nice glass bottle and matching glass. It seems that the europeans like to serve their drinks in matching glasses (eg. Coke will be served in a glass that says Coke on it).
We stepped out of the restaurant and walked up the alley to the Grand Palace. We watched the light show which Asher saw the night before. It was really awesome as they projected light on a palace like building that changed according to the music.
We didn't stay for much longer as we had an early start the next morning. It was off to Amsterdam tomorrow. "Cool" said Pettsy.
Tim
First stop was our free breakfast at the hostel. It was only a simple breakfast but still did the job of keeping our stomachs and pockets happy. Today's breakfast was stale bread, cereal, juice, and coffee/tea.
As we had discovered Brussels was fairly small yesterday we decided to try and walk to the museums instead of taking public transport. This proved to be a mistake as we couldn't read the map properly and the wind had the most ruthless chill. Finally we had enough of the wind and the walking so we walked into the closest building. To our surprise not only was the building warm it was also a museum of instruments, 7000 of them. It was also one of the museums we wanted to go to.
We went in and bought our tickets and handed over our coats and bags to the cloak room people. All this museum had was 4 floors of instruments from early medieval sticks to modern digital antennas. There was no interactive instruments except for one piano that didn't even work, a clarinet that play 3 notes and a trumpet that just looked pretty. Even though Asher and I are passionate musicians we both found it very dry. I hate to think what Steven thought of it.
Now this museum had a lot of displays that required just as much walking and about 400 flights of stairs to battle. Let's be honest. It took it out of us. The next thing on our mind was food. Again! We ended up finding a nice bagguette shop near by which thankfully satisfied our hunger.
A short train ride out of town took us to the only operational brewery in Belgium. It was a small brewery that made beer the old fashioned way. Nothing like the XXXX brewery back home. All things the same, it was an awesome experience seeing the old boilers and fermenting kegs. At the end of the tour we had the opportunity to taste test their beer. I am not really a beer drinker but this beer was nothing like usual beer. It was very acidic. The options offered were a rasberry and cherry beer. The only way to describe this beer would be to say that it was mix between wine and beer.
The same short train ride back to town brought us to the main square of Brussels. We had dinner here and was told by the spanish waiter that he would like to come home with us. Strange but we attributed this to our friendly personas. During dinner I unknowingly bought a 4 Euro bottle of water ($8 AUD). It was expensive but it came in a nice glass bottle and matching glass. It seems that the europeans like to serve their drinks in matching glasses (eg. Coke will be served in a glass that says Coke on it).
We stepped out of the restaurant and walked up the alley to the Grand Palace. We watched the light show which Asher saw the night before. It was really awesome as they projected light on a palace like building that changed according to the music.
We didn't stay for much longer as we had an early start the next morning. It was off to Amsterdam tomorrow. "Cool" said Pettsy.
Tim
1 comment:
bloody hilarious insight into ur travels. seems as though u r experiencing the true trials and tribulations of travelling in europe. its good ey! as for that water, yes i have done that to, they like to sell bottled water that comes from unique places and is very $$$.
u think its cold now, hasnt even hit zero i bet!
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