saturday in brussels

remember when i felt exhausted?

friend nikki came to visit & we decided that a roadtrip was due

so, brussels, belgium it was!

being only a 3hr drive from me, it was the ideal place

the weather was perfection.

the food was delicious.

the markets were colourful.

the people were grumpy...to those who don't speak french.

oh & h&m had a sale - yay.

*parking garages, near the city centre are not so easy to find - but can be found with a trusty tomtom.

we found one {name?} that was relatively inexpensive - €7.80 for 4hours is a bargain! 

considering, that parking in amsterdam can easily be €8 p/hour

i found brussels pleasantly refreshing, in that the city centre wasn't too busy

it wasn't crowded with tourists {which is always a plus}
& the music on the street corners added to the ambience.

i loved the cobblestone streets,
the man selling fresh strawberries in the street

the grand architecture
hearing french & dutch at once
seeing high hippies dancing in the middle of it all
belgian waffles and chocolate (oh, be still my heart)

and mostly, noticing that as fascinating as this city was for me, the locals enjoy it just as much.

our little daytrip did nothing for my physical exhaustion, but did so much for me emotionally
 what can i say, i'm a restless soul.

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antwerpen, belgie

i completed my weekend to-do list :)

went to antwerp, belgium with a fellow south african friend (living in den haag)

had fun

at the yummiest waffles i have EVER tasted

kissed statues

did a little (very little) shopping

and tried so hard to keep warm in the middle of a blizzard - yep, we're hardcore

oh, and we met a monk!

a. it was too cold to pull out the camera & take pics

b. blogger's being stank & not letting me put up pics properly. blah.

ps:

i took the train to den haag - one transfer -  2,5 hours

i took the train back to leeuwarden - 2 transfers - 5 hours

why?

the snow!

trains were either delayed or cancelled altogether and when i finally arrived in leeuwarden the buses weren't going (did i use the right word there?).

there'd been 2 accidents earlier in the day, so they cancelled all buses

i only realised this after standing in the bitter cold for 40 minutes

thankfully there were taxi's (12euros later!)

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