Things I Must Do In Brussels:

1. Eat chocolate
2. Eat waffles, drink beer, eat more chocolate...

Surely there's more to Brussels than food?

Things I must do in Brussels:

1. Arrive in the dead of night, slightly bewildered. Be greeted at the station by the fabulous Sylvia and immediately go out for a beer.

2. The next morning, have bread with chocolate spread and white chocolate spread and hazelnut chocolate spread and raspberry and strawberry jam with tea for breakfast.



3. While walking around the arty area, wander into a gorgeous furniture shop. The friendly owner of the shop (that's him, in the photo above) will tell you he has just met the granddaughter of Einstein.

4. Notice amazing comic-style murals and strangely green statues.




5. Admire the oddly beautiful aeroplanes in the war museum. Take photos of the elegant yet deadly tube things on the tanks.

6. Wonder which building belonged to which guild in the Grand Place. Wonder if the baker's guild owned the building with the pointing statue on top. "You WILL buy our BREAD!"




7. Pose for requisite photos near very old buildings and with chips and mayo. Decide that, despite appealing salty taste and smooth texture, mayo really should not be eaten together with chips.



8. Run hand over lucky relief on the wall. Photograph clown looking furtive.



9. Eat tea and drink Leffe blonde beer on the roof of Sylvia's apartment. Watch the afternoon shadows grow longer. Laugh at Sylvia telling jokes to Lauchlin and at Lauchlin's reaction.

10. Decide that Brussels is very nice place. Make plans for what to do next visit...