"Brussels Disco Balls" Brussels by STEFZAMM

The Grand Place, Brussels...

In a week or a little less, If you plan well your stay in Brussels you will be able to see the main attractions and have enough time to explore it your way. During the day you can hop in and out from one museum to another, if you would like to shop take rue nueve as early as 10.30am, stop for lunch and you can continue shopping till they close or till you drop. Restaurants and bars are everywhere in the centre. I must admit that besides the Belgian beer, fries and chocolate or the famous waffles, for the first time on holiday I missed the food back home. All the food in Brussels somehow had to be fried and fried does not belong to my every day vocabulary. In the centre there are alot of Italian and Turkish restaurants, having turkish only when there is nothing better to eat or being such an Italian food lover as I am, I was not very pleased by the Italian/Turkish Restaurants in Brussels. The Belgian restaurants seemed to be empty, still haven't figured out why and Rue de Boucher, the waiting staff, did not impress me much. So 8/10 goes to the Chinese/Japanese/Vietnamise restaurants.

I have enjoyed all of the museums I visited especially the Musee de la Ville de Bruxelles where there is a Mannekin Pis costume exhibition. The churches are also interesting and I still remember mass at the church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, its very small and there were only a few people for a saturday evening mass compared to that back home but the participants were all pationately and devotedly hearing the word of god to the contrary of the many in my country who does it as a weekly ritual with no devotion at all. I miss the evening light show at the Grand Place, had been there I would go find some space at the Grand Place and wait for 10.30pm that's when the show starts. I believe the best evening in Brussels was when I visited the Theatre Royal de Toone, whether you are a french speaker or not, a kid or an adult, you would love the puppet show here, would definetely reccommend it to everyone. You can finish your night by a drink or a dance at Place St. Gery, its mainly full of locals but also tourists. Lace is one of the souvenirs which you must bring home, prices vary and if you look around you will find some interesting pieces for sure. One last thing, there is no such 'No' to beer, ladies! cherry beer is So good, you must taste it, but be careful you might get used to having it instead of water!...