Brussels was actually the last stop on our trip. We managed to find some relatively cheap tickets out of Brussels back to Portland so decided to spend a day here. By the time we got to Brussels though we were exhausted and ended up sleeping all day in our hostel so we didn’t get to explore much. We were fortunate enough though to be about a block away from one of the city’s main attractions - The Grand Place.

The Grand Place - or Grote Markt is a square in the middle of the city. The main attractions are the Town Hall and The Maison du Roi (King’s House). These buildings are considered to be some of the most beautiful in Europe.

Towards the middle of the above picture are a group of Americans embarrassing themselves after one of them drank way more than she could handle. Shortly after this was taken she sprung up, sprinted across the square, then tripped and fell on her face. Police eventually looked in on them and advised that she get up because the bricks get cold at night.

At night the city puts on a little show at the Town Hall with lights and music. The sound of this event was enough to drag me out of bed and encourage me to take some pictures.

Our hostel was actually some where on this street. It didn’t even have a sign. One of the things I am going to miss about Belgium in particular was enjoying a trappist beer. For about one euro you can get a 11.3% ABV Rochefort 10.There was just somethingabout drinking a beer that had first been brewed over 400 years ago.

Thanks for looking. A collection of (most) of the pictures I took on my trip can be found on my flickr.