Cartoons

  • brussels aka the land of comic strips

    prior to visiting the tintin museum we also stopped by the comicstrip museum in brussels.  it has a section devoted to tintin but also touches on many other belgian based characters, the smurfs taking another section for themselves. it was…

  • a daytrip to musee herge: a must for all tintin fans

    i don’t know how many museums we had been to by this point in our trip but that didnt stop me from planning out a day to visit musee herge once we got into brussels.  on our previous trip to…

  • getting our tourist on in brussels

    while we passed many hours in brussels stuffing our faces with things that made us smile we also squeezed in some sightseeing.   i had my eyes set on musee herge otherwise known as the tintin museum 🙂  the creator of…

  • weekly recap #25 – riga & brussels

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. riga (centrs, 5 nights), brussels (sablon, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. toss up.  either domini canes in riga for its presentation and otherwordly lavender & berries creme brulee…

  • first 24 hours in brussels (belgium)

    jojo: what do i like? -comics, cartoons and street murals all wrapped into one -back amongst the french which means the pain au chocolat diet is back in effect.  booyah. -love the old architecture.  i know i’m being hypocritical because…