Eurostar to Brussels

We took a quick weekend trip to Bruges and Brussels last weekend on the Eurostar. What an easy trip! The new St. Pancreas station is only about 20 min away from our flat. On Friday, we took a half day trip to Bruges, which is in the Flemish region of Belgium. It was my favorite! Not too much to see, but we wandered the city and stumbled upon The Market square (Markt), climbed to the top of Bellfry (of course), walked along the many canals and even found a windmill!
With over 300 taditionally brewed Belgian beers available, each served in their own glass, we couldn't miss a trip to the 'T Brigs Beertje. I think Bobby could have spent the whole weekend just in that pub.

The next day we woke up in our junior suite at the Meridian (my LAST perk of being a starwood platinum guest before it expired in March), we headed out in Brussels. First to the Sablon - an area with antiques markets, bakeries and lots of chocolate shops. Then we walked to the EU headquarters - no tours available, unfortunately. And then to the Grand' Place - a big square filled with guildhalls and the Hotel de Ville (city hall). We had a belgian waffles from a street vendor, tasted lots of chocolate (delicious!) and drank lots of different beers - even made a trip to the brewer's museum. During our trip, we tried: Cantillion, Kwak (in the funky glass I'm drinking from in the pic below), Chimay, Steendank, Jacobins Max, Saison Dupont, Saisis, Westmalle, Hoegaarden, Stella Artois, and a kriek.

The last day we were there, we saw our favorite sight in Brussels. A little statue called "Mannekin Pis" - it means "pissing little boy"! hahaha. I guess he's been kidnapped a few times and they even dress him up on certain days!