Brussels, Belgium Part II

 "It's a dangerous business going out your door.  You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."  J.R.R. Tolkien



Belgium's shops are only legally allowed to have two sales a year.  They each can be up to a month long and only can last for the month of January and the month of July.  Since we arrived in January there are sales EVERYWHERE.  Emily, my program adviser says if we're going to buy ANYTHING at all in Brussels, buy it now.

Stock exchange builidng! It's absolutely gorgeous.  Sits in the middle of one of the many large intersections in Brussels.  Right across from it is the Irish pub O'Reillys (can't see it in the picture)

Looking down one of the streets, cars can drive pretty much anywhere.  You rarely see any stop signs.  Drivers are crazy.  Rules of the road are different.  At an intersection (unless it's a stop

Brussels, Belgium Part I

Belgium is a place where beer and chocolate are food groups!

 First picture, first, beer, first friend! This is Hanna, she goes to Colorado and is from Minnesota. The beer was Leffe Blonde. Very good. Lots of foam is given with the beer, you never are given a beer with no foam.

 This is Sarra, she goes to school in Oregon and is from Maryland.  This was our first dinner in Belgium.  We went to a small cafe for a bite to eat and