and as a follow-up to the asia accomodation recap, here is our recap from our european airbnb and hotels: barcelona: cost/night/person (in cad): $45 the thing that rocked: nothing. we couldn’t wait to get out of there. the thing that sucked: i’m not sure what sucked more, the dripping water pressure with a hot water […]
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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 beautiful space, located inside one of the buildings that victor horta, one of the […]
Read Morea 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 france i was heartbroken when i found out that this museum was in belgium and […]
Read Moredieting in belgium: waffles, chocolates and fries
what brought us to belgium? well for starters, the food… i thought i knew so much about junk food but my years of eating like crap taught me nothing. waffles – maybe the most famously linked food to the belgians is the waffle. yeah, those ones, sprinkled with toppings with giant dollops of ice/whipped cream. […]
Read Moregetting 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 tintin, georges remi (his initials backwards are RG which transformed into him signing his works […]
Read Moremy first souvenir of the trip
i was able to almost get through asia and europe without buying anything as a keepsake until we hit belgium and i just couldn’t resist leaving without a trinket to commemerate our trip to the tintin museum tourist mode. engaged.
Read Moreweekly recap #26 – brussels, burges & lille
I q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. brussels (sablon, airbnb, 2 nights), bruges (markt, hotel, 3 nights), lille (vieux-lille, airbnb, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. ‘one restaurant’ in bruges. the owner recommended the flemish meatballs and i couldn’t say no even after having two flemish stews during the week. […]
Read Moreweekly 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 or brasserie du gourmet in brussels for their carbonnade flamande (flemish beef & beer stew). […]
Read Morefirst 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 i’ve had my fill of ‘old stuff’ but brussels has this historic charm about itself. […]
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