Belgiu, Brussels (Day 4 part 1)

Looking out from our hotel room, to our surprise we found fresh powdered snow!



Our bounty from Carrefour! Plenty of milk, strawberries (they were so sweet), waffles and other goodies...


Me writing my diary in the morning... I'm usually the first one awake... so I usually have plenty of time to take recap the on-goings of the day before. It helps me remember stuff to fill my blog entries with :)


Looking fresh and cheery at the start of the day. It was a cold morning!


And it started to snow heavily!


It's gaufre (waffles) avec chocolat blanc et noir. The waffle was dripping with both white and dark chocolate...an amazing combination...


Smells good~~~~


Chocolate kisses!!!


Who killed santa? Gasp!


Printing maps of the destinations of our choice at the tourist information centre.


Has anyone seen the Comic Strip museum? Blur... cannot seem to find the place.


We found it at last!


Look it's Tintin and his creator, Herge.


They look like twins!


"Smooch"!!! It's BL!!! LOL!!!


Let me introduce you to 'Plunk'!


Hey it's Tintin ><


Tintin galore!


Reminds me of Foxy... sob... I miss my terrible chihuahua. Does he miss me?


Will I grow taller if I drink more mleko (milk in czech)? I want to grow, grow, grow ><


You have 3 seconds to spot JC :D


It's a smurf house and I'm in it! Whee~


On the second storey of the museum.


It's a huge stack of waffles! Was sorely tempted to take a bite out of them! But they were made of plastic (T-T) sob...


Posing with the file containing explanations of the exhibits in English.


I spy with my little eye: it's anime in the museum! Whoo-hoo!


cosplaying anywhere, anytime


Hi, I'm Karen, and you are?


We left the musuem, and went in search for the the congress column. To my delight, there was a couple playing with their dog in the snow! The naughty doggie and I played "chase the ball" >< cute!!!


The congress column.

Belgium, Brussels (Day 3 part 2)

Chocolate waffles for supper, no wonder I'm gaining a little blubber around the waist. Hehehe...


The manneken pis is pissing beer!!! Open up wide if you didn't grab a cup :D

Belgium, Brussels (Day 3 part 1)

At the Musee du Cacao et du Chocolat --> the chocolate museum! It took us quite a while to locate the place...



We had waffles again for lunch! I swear we had waffles and fries everyday! Not that I mind ;p however, the waffles from this particular yellow van was not to-die-for...boo...


The whirling ear... in what way does that black slab of metal resemble an ear?



We crept into the Palais des congres to enjoy the bird's eye view from its panoramic hall.


At the metro buying train tickets from the chatty station master. He cheekily greeted us with a loud "ni hao!". He seemed to really have an asian fetish! He was completely pro-asian! Haha, he seemed so excited to see asian faces in a caucasion dominated Belgium.


At the metro, on our way to see the Atomium, another of Belgium's famous attractions.



And we found it! Voici the Atomium! A monument displaying the iron crystal magnified 165 billion times~ a must see for science geeks! But the tickets to enter was outrageous! So we decided to simply admire its exterior :D hahaha~





Next stop, the EU headquarters!



JC's bored while waiting for the rain to stop. So he decided to show off his wonderful figure!







The Parc du Cinquantenaire, also known as Jubelpark, built in 1880 commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Belgium's independence.


We left the park reluctantly as it was getting late... time to search for dinner to fill our bellies!



Sights and sounds along the way to dinner... we saw Santa!


Almost there! The search for the legendary Maison Antoine - the best fries in belgium!


Le menu makes my mouth water.



And the sight of the shop front drives me insane >< I want my fries!!!! Now!!!


The best fries ever!!! Belgium fries in tartare sauce...drool...


I will never forget you, Maison Antoine(T-T) it was an amazing culinary experience.


Then we hopped into Carrefour for some groceries :)