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Train vs Plane – Enjoying time in Brussels and Leuven

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Exploring Brussels and Leuven – Train vs Plane

Train vs Plane Brussels 2018

In this… comparison.

With time before meeting up with my friends from Twitter, and after I got some editing done, I headed out with the camera in the hope that local yellow vest protesters weren’t in a mood to bother me.

And I didn’t run into any of them – rather I just walked around

a group of people walking on a street

a wooden sculpture of a bear and a bear
Bare Necessities?

a group of people playing instruments
The Finns were in town… with one of the most lovely performances of Adele’s “Skyfall”

 

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a man cooking meat on a fire a fish on a grill
And smoking salmon. It smelt good.

 

a group of people outside of a building
The Bourse with a Christmas market in full swing.

a street with buildings and cars

people walking on a street

Exploring streets to the Grade Place

a group of people walking in a city a large building with many towers a large tree with lights and balls in front of a building
The Grande Place

Into the Galleries St Hubert

a group of people in a shopping mall

a chocolate cake with a star on top
My sorta Christmas Tree

a display of chocolates in plastic bags

a box of chocolates on a display
Choclates…

a display of colorful macaroons
Or Macaroons?

a large cake with nuts on top
Or nought with Speceloos

a street with buildings and people walking
Restaurant Alley

a building with many windows and a crowd of people walking
Who doesn’t like a good Drug Opera?

a window of a store with a cartoon character
Manneken Frites. *childish giggle*

I did have Belgian Fries though.

a hand holding a paper cone with french fries and mayonnaise
Because. Fries.

.a man riding a scooter in a city
Bikes or Lime Scooters?

a sign on a window
No wine and no fries? How would Belgium survive?????

a statue of a man and a lion

a statue of a lion with a yellow helmet on
Those Yellow vest protesters get everywhere.

After catching up with my friends from Twitter – we decided to head out of the Brussels bubble, and into Flemish Leuven. A Uber ride later, we were in a much more traditional city/town.

a group of people walking down a street with lights
Spot SO PLANE Nik in the phone… 😉

And someone at Leuven town hall wanted to use all the budget up for LED’s

a building with lights on it

a building with lights on it

a building with lights on it a building with lights on it

a large christmas tree with lights
The well-lit tree

Of course, there are lots of local food to be nibbled… with gluhwein…

a hand holding a cup of liquid

a plate of food with powdered sugar
Lovely fried dough

a group of people standing in front of a sign
Black BrexitBurgers

And crepes too

a man cooking food in a food stall

a crepe on a paper plate

As well as some art

a group of metal pillars with lights on them

a group of lit candles on a table

And a solider that looked waaaaaaaaaaaay too happy.

a statue of a soldier

With time marching on, we headed back to Central Brussels. The train arrived… and yes – a Belgian train that has graffiti on it. This is more like the Belgium I know and love,

a train at a station

Many thanks for starflyergold and Airwaysfoodie for hosting, and thanks to jonk and akinsoul for allowing me to tag along on this trip into Leuven and for the hospitality… and friendship.

Next: Exploring Trainworld

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