Muscles from Brussels

Mark has joined me for 2 months for his Eurotrip. We decided to do a day trip through Brussels, Belgium on our way to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The train ride from Paris to Brussels required reservations and set us back 14€ each. The train from Brussels to Amsterdam is free with our rail pass. I was kind of skeptical about the value of the rail pass, but I bit the bullet and told Mark to buy me one two. We both have a eurail pass for 10 days of travel in 2 months.

We locked up our main packs at the station and took our daypacks into Brussels to explore the city. When I think of Brussels I think of Beligum Waffles. When Mark hears Brussels he thinks of Jean-Claude Van Damme, aka Muscles from Brussels. With that in mind the first things we do upon arrival in the morning is to try find some Beligum Waffles and a Van Damme tshirt. Sadly we were only able to accomplish one of those two goals.



The rest of the day we explored the touristy areas of the city and wandered around aimlessly. We had both dropped the ball and not researched anything about the city that we were visiting. Nonetheless we were able to find all the areas of interested fairly easily.







The tube system in Brussels is pretty confusing. Multiple trains run on the same track and they all veer off in different directions. The direction, stop, and line numbers are not that clear either. There is even a section where you have to get off the tube and walk across the track. Seems pretty dangerous especially since its not really monitored, people just have to look both ways and make sure a train isn't coming before crossing. That evening we took the tube back to the train station to Amsterdam.