Time has really been flying by for Dan and I here in Luxembourg! I can’t believe the holiday season is already approaching!

The last couple weekends we have been trying to squeeze in as much travel time as possible. After Thanksgiving, Dan will be extremely busy at work, and I will be coming home to Indiana the first week of December.

Recently, we have taken day trips to Belgium, and a few cities in France. We live about 10-15 minutes to the border of France, Belgium, and Germany, so it makes the traveling quite convenient!

Brussels, Belgium was a city we were very excited to visit. I don’t know about you, but when I think of “Belgium” I think waffles, beer, and chocolate. So we made it a point to “try” all three.

We stayed right next to the main square, The Grand Place. Every review I read about Brussels said that this square is a must-see while visiting.

I must say, it was quite “Grand.” The architecture of the buildings were fascinating.

It wasn’t too long after visiting the square that we were on the hunt for a bar called Delirium. We were told by several people that you HAVE to go to this place. They have over 2,000 types of beer and is one of the best known bars in Belgium.

I am not a huge beer drinker, but I knew I was sure to find something I liked here. Both beers we tried were local, and DELICIOUS.

So, we got to check beer off the list. Next, I was more than ready to try some of this famous Belgian Chocolate.

Luckily, about every other shop we passed was a chocolate shop,but the hard part was deciding which one to go to!

We ended up falling victim to Pierre Ledent. It looked less touristy and the hot pink packaging caught my eye.

The associates were dressed in fancy business attire and the decor of the small shop was impeccable. Dan and I felt like we were in a high-end jewelry store. We hand-picked 11 decedent chocolates and claimed we weren’t going to at them all at once.

Fail. They were gone within an hour.

Below are a couple of my favorite buildings we passed while strolling the streets.

Dan had to catch a flight the next day, so we had to cut our Sunday short. We stayed for breakfast, and I had the absolutely best waffle I have ever tasted in my  life. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

On the way home, I fell asleep after driving for about 10 minutes. About 45 minutes later I woke up and was informed me we were running out of gas.

If we were in good ol’ America our problem would be solved by stopping at the next exit to refuel. Unfortunately, there aren’t many “exits” nor “gas stations” floating around in the Belgium countryside. We were in a bit of a panic and got off on an exit hoping to get lucky since a highway sign indicated there wasn’t gas for over 20 km.

Well, we didn’t find any gas stations at first, but if you ever wondered what the cows look like in Belgium, I got some really good close- ups!

 

Eventually, after 30 minutes of running on “E,” and going to two gas stations that happened to be closed, we found one that was opened and refueled just in the nick of time. Although it was a stressful 1/2 an hour, the detour had some really amazing views that we wouldn’t have seen otherwise.

I would say that this trip goes in the books for one of the most “unforgettable.”

Happy Monday! 🙂