Arrived in Brussels!

We arrived in Brussels this morning! We were both super excited, but we were also kinda zombified because neither of us slept on the flight (it was pretty impossible). When we arrived at our B&B, we both wanted to sleep, but instead we headed into town and got some Belgian waffles and coffee, and saw a few of the sights. The waffles here are SOOOOO amazing - they're nothing like we have back in the states! They have like a caramelized sugar on the outside of them - it's AMAZING.

THEN we went back to the hotel in the afternoon and had a pretty long nap (much longer than we intended to have!). After we woke up, we walked back to the main part of town and had some dinner and some amazing Belgian beers. We also had our first Belgian frites (fries)! I'm loving the beer here, and the waffles. Tonight we're both pretty exhausted so we're sitting in our room watching a movie while we get our Bruges plan together, and drinking some beer (Chimay Bleu for me, and Chimay Trippel for McGee). Tomorrow we're going to Bruges and that's where I'm going to have my first Belgian chocolate which I'm soooo excited about.

One of our waffles (in a handy holder) and our 2 coffees

The Grand Place

Another of The Grand Place

A close-up of one of the buildings!!  I don't know if you can see it clearly, but those are all huge statues of men. Kinda puts it in size-perspective maybe! 

They're in the process of putting up their huge Christmas tree! We're hoping they'll have it lit up within the next few days. 

The Mannekin Pis (it's a little boy peeing... It's one of Brussels' most famous landmarks)

Our first beers in Belgium! I tried their Kriek beer (which is one of their most popular, and it's cherry flavored), and McGee had a Westmalle trappist beer. 

Then I had Chimay Bleu and McGee had Rochefort 10.

Some of the pretty Christmas lights that are up! They are in the process of putting them up all over town.

The Grand Place all lit up at night! It's super pretty. 

Another of The Grand Place!  

We're loving it here already! We're going to try to go to bed at a normal time tonight and then hopefully be on a good normal schedule by tomorrow. We've been zombies most of today! We're SO excited for Bruges tomorrow though!!!