Belgium in 24 Hours!

I decided to take a random trip to Brussels, Belgium for the weekend! I had no idea I would be able to see nearly the whole country in 24 hours! I took a iDbus from Paris to Brussels Saturday morning, and Thanks to couchsurfing.org, I met up with a Polish friend that is living in Brussels. He was kinda my tour guide for the day and knew so much about the history of Belgium and Europe in general. He was also willing to drive me around to other Belgian cities! Since Belgium isn't very big, It's easy to get around the whole country. 

First in Brussels, I was on a mission to see pretty buildings, monuments, and eat food. Belgium is where french fries were created, and they eat them with MAYO! Yep, I was surrounded by my kind of people. Fries should always be eaten with mayonaise. Theres also speculoos in Belgium. Its usually in a cookie form but sometimes in a butter form that looks like peanut butter. It's delicious. Taste kinda like gingerbread. And at McDonald's, you can order a Mcflurry with speculoos. So good!

I saw all the main monuments of Brussels and my favorites were the Grand Place and St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral. Also, It wasn't snowing saturday till nighttime and by sunday morning, everything was covered in snow. It was beautiful! The most perfect winter weekend to visit!

I also saw the Atomium and some pretty garden. It was very cute. It adds so much charm to this charming city

That night we drove to another city called Brugge which is a medieval city in the east. I have heard so many good things about this city so I was excited to go. I only saw it at night though in the snow, but it was still adorable in the dark. It's filled with bridges and canals. 

And since we were so close to the coast, we drove 20 more minutes east and made it to the North Sea! Of course, it was dark so you couldn't really see the sea, but you could see the light house and hear the water. It was very cold and windy though. Especially in the snow. But the city of Oostende has boats everywhere!

I would love to go back to Belgium and do all of this again when it is warmer. Maybe in the summer, I will contact my friend again and see how going to the North Sea for a day sounds!

But my trip wouldn't be complete without eating a Belgian Waffle. Sunday Breakfast was yummy.