i'm done after this post, i swear. i have just been missing it so much lately. anyway. the finally of our trip, brussels and frankfurt.
we traveled by train this again, we just bought individual tickets instead of the eurorail pass like last year. that eurorail pass thingy last year was so cool though. trains are just awesome. so... as i was saying we rode the short train ride from antwerp to brussels in the late afternoon, checked in, and took a little siesta. (you have to remember that i was extremely sick like this whole trip so my energy between naps lasted all of a few hours :/ ) but that night, that's when things came alive.
that night we grabbed sandwiches and french fries (which apparently they are popular for-- how a city is popular for french fries i have no idea) and ate outside the grand palace grote markt which are those first couple of pictures ^^. after dinner we walked... and walked... and walked around brussels. exploring the highlights of our map. that night we befriended the 2 german girls and 2 boys from NY from our room and went bar hopping to some pretty historical bars around the city (unfortunately we never did find our friends though...)
the next day went something like this...
^^ the royal park and palace. weird random fact the gardens are known for rough gay sex at night... so if you are looking for a romantic stroll. don't. go. through. there. ^^
^^ next stop. brussels atomium. originally for the expo '58, the 1958 brussels world's fair, now this thing is just a crazy tourist attraction right outside of the city. ^^
^^ aaand finally we ended in germany for the night. we walked around and i showed kier all the places and things we did the following year there and we even stayed in the same hostel as i did last time!! not to mention we ate at the same restaurant, same table, and i got the same meal as the previous year. and it was SO. GOOD. Frankfurt and Brussels, you are sorely missed :( ^^
this trip, though last min and semi-unorganized, was once in a life time. even though i didn't pack warm enough clothes, and even though i got really sick, it was still completely worth it :)
"i'm not sure what ill do, but well- i want to go places and see people. i want my mind to grow. i want to live where things happen on a big scale."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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