BRUSSELS

Part two of the study tour: Brussels

The easiest way to tell you about Brussels is through pictures.  So here we go.

This is the European district which is filled with embassies and EU buildings including the European Parliament, European Commission, and European Council (all of which we visited).

The National Cathedral and a beautiful city park are also located in the european district

Outside the European district, one of my favorite places was this city square.

And at night,

Well done Brussels.  

Some of the other highlights of the trip included "mussels in Brussels" which I wasn't aware they were famous for but can now see why.  Also, a trip to a Chocolaterie where we listened to many reasons why chocolate from the US is not really chocolate but rather fancy cocoa power and why Belgium chocolate by contrast is the highest quality in the world.  I can't argue with this because Belgium chocolate is in fact AWESOME.  Even the chocolates we made weren't half bad.  

Findley, Jacob ( you remember my teacher Jacob), and I suited up for making chocolate.

Finally, on our way out of town we stopped at an art gallery for lunch and some more sight seeing.

Victory Gate.  Every self respecting European country needs one.

 A quick 14 hour bus ride after that and we were back in Copenhagen!