Hello Blogging World!!
I am home from yet again another wonderful travel adventure!
This weekend my Au Pair friends and I packed into a car and took a road trip
through Belgium visiting Brussel and Bruges along the way. What an adventure
it truly was!
Friday morning we meet in the city of Krefeld and by 11:30
we were on the road. We arrived in Brussel in the afternoon, parked the car
and headed into the city to do some exploring. We walked through the Grote
Markt Van Brussel and grabbed some beers in a local Pub. We then found the “Manneken
Pis” and as expected were baffled as to why the statue has such popularity. After
indulging in some famous Belgian waffles and chocolate we were headed to our hosts’
home. We cooked dinner and shared conversation over tea with our host, his
friends and the other surfer that was staying the night. It was great to be
able to meet so many travellers and hear their travel stories and experiences.
Saturday morning after breakfast and an hour of braiding each
other’s hair we were headed back to the center of the city. We wandered
Brussels for a couple more hours, visited the Atomium and then were on the road again, en route to
Bruges. We arrived in Bruges in the evening, found our hostel and then grabbed
dinner. Later on we decided to check out Bruges night life and were disappointed
to find out there is no such thing as Bruges night life. We found ourselves in
some local bars and pubs and later finally decided to call it a night.
Sunday morning we spent wandering the city. From canals to
antique homes and cobblestone streets, Bruges was truly beautiful and
enchanting, definitely one of my favourite cities.
In the afternoon we decided to start heading back to Germany
blissfully unaware of the adventure we were about to face… About an hour into
the drive we noticed the engine of the car was abnormally hot, afraid that it
would overheat, we took the next exit and decided to give the car a break for a
while. After heading back on the motorway again we noticed our break did very
little to help the engine and we were experiencing the same problem. So we took
the very same exit and decided to seek out some help. If it wasn’t for the
kindness of strangers we would probably still be stuck in the middle of
Antwerp. A few frantic phone calls, help
from three separate strangers, two bottles of oil, one bottle of water and
three hours later we were finally on the road again!! So the moral of the story
is to ask your dad to teach you about how cars work if you plan to drive long
distances…lesson learned! J
Credit must also go out to my brave friend who had the guts
to drive us all and endure such car problems.
Grote Markt Van Brussel
Speculoos Spread Waffle
Manneken Pis
At our Hosts place
Belgium has so many different Beers!!
A very dangerous place for a Chocolate addict like myself
At the Atomium
Bruges
Uh ohhhhh
"We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness."
