I can’t tell you about Brussels without telling you about our super-fancy hotel. Remember how I spent all that time in New York in early 2012? Well, now I’m Platinum with Starwood Hotels and basically travel like a boss (until it lapses… sigh).
Five-star hotel, free breakfast, welcome cookies brought to the room – all for free. It was nice.
We were close to these equally-fancy digs: The Royal Palace.
It was also the last day the Palace was open (apparently it opens for tours in the Summer) but we didn’t go in because we are non-conformists.
We were also very close to the Grand Place – one of the loveliest squares I’ve ever seen. My pictures are pathetic and do not do it justice. Look at all the gold detail on these buildings!
When we first arrived, there was a (massively crowded!) beer festival in the square, so you couldn’t really get a sense of how large it was.
We spent a lot of the day Monday in the various bars that make up the Delirium Cafe. Will and I are beer enthusiasts, so Belgium was good to us.