It was a beautiful evening in Brussels. Our week had been filled with rain, so the bright sunshine was a welcomed change! The Brussels Marathon finished in the Grand Place just hours before this, so it wasn't quite as clean as usual but still beautiful of course!
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| This building has been covered with a facade since before we moved here. The restoration was worth the wait. It's gorgeous! |
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| At the recommendation of our pastor (yes, you read that correctly), we visited (stumbled upon) this bar off the Grand Place. I was nervous about going in. I'm a chicken like that. I don't like it when you walk into a new place and everyone stares at you. That happens a lot here, so basically Chris had to drag me in there. |
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| Don't they look like they are having a blast. Ha! |
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| And to our surprise, they served Westvleteren 12! This has the honor of being the "Best Beer in the World". I actually tried to order a couple of cases for Chris a few weeks ago and was unsuccesful after 500+ calls to the abbey. Here at the bar, it was 10 euros a bottle, but because you cannot buy it anywhere else, it was worth the price. You could even buy bottles and take them home! |
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| This is the passageway you walk through to get to the bar. It is hidden down an alley and even though it is just off the Grand Place, very few tourists know about it....well they didn't know until I just plastered it all over this blog. :) |
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| Doing the Macarena at the Grand Place. I wish I was kidding. :) |
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| So, the whole point to going to the Grand Place on a Sunday night was to meet up with my mom's cousin Randy and his wife Debbie. It was fun to show them around part of the city. We visited Manneken Pis, the kids had waffles, and of course we had to take them back to the new bar we discovered. |
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| Cheers to Westvleteren! Chris has certainly found his happy place in Brussels! |
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| It's exactly what you would picture an old European bar to look like! |
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| Then we had dinner at Chez Leon. Of course, you have to order mussels and frites at this time of year! |
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Randy had a beer list he was working on, so we stopped at the Delirium Cafe to see if we could help him mark off a few more beers on his list.
But, it was a school night, so we had to head home. You can't hang out at the Delirium all night with an 11 year old and 9 year old. That might be frowned upon. We loved having Randy and Debbie here even if it was only for a few hours. Anyone else want to come and visit? We have certainly found some fun new places to take our visitors.
Until next time,
Wendy |
