Brussels is a large European city like many others. Being the home of the EU governmental bits has drawn a lot of businesses to cater to the influx of people. Due to the nature of the EU, a lot of these businesses are run by foreigners or for foreigners. In the warren streets in the [...]
Brussels and Belgium is known for a great many things. A lot of them are food related. Belgian Chocolate and Belgian Beer are certainly well known, and for good reasons. Even what we call “french fries” actually come from Belgium and called Frites. So we knew when we were headed to Brussels for a few [...]
While we were in Brussels after seeing the flower carpet from above, we headed to a chocolate store called Zaabär. There we got a chance to take part in a chocolate workshop. Belgium and Brussels have a lot of their identity wrapped up in chocolate and chocolate-making. The most fascinating part of it for me [...]
I like the small details of things. The little bits that bring something to life and make it more than functional. It is one of the reasons that I like the Art Nouveau period so much. While we were in Brussels, we went through the City Hall to a balcony to get a good view [...]