Usually when I make plans to travel, I skimp out because I'm a total chicken. I love experiencing new things, but can never work up the courage to actually do them. So, when I lightly proposed to my friends that we should take a weekend trip to Belgium, they were all for it - but I didn't think we would actually go.
BUT BOY WAS I WRONG because I just came back from Belgium, and it was such an amazing experience. It came with a lot of difficulties (like paying five times more for our hostel than we initially thought, overpaying for a shuttle bus, walking seven miles a day) but I honestly wouldn't have wanted to be with any other people in any other country. Brussels was absolutely stunning, with some of the most amazing architecture I have ever seen. The Grand Place was utterly jaw-dropping. As soon as we got to the area, all three of us were in awe, as we stood looking up at all the different guilds and castles. My favorite things included: THE FREE CHOCOLATE SAMPLES AT LITERALLY EVERY CHOCOLATIER (and there was at least one on every street). The amazing architecture THE FOOD - Frites, Chocolate, Waffles (my diet was so out of whack by the time I came back) The many cute Japanese tourists I had to leave Belgium a day earlier than my friends, because I booked a cheaper ticket home. The only problem was that my flight was at 6:40am, and the shuttle that took me to the airport only started service from 3:30am. All public transportation stopped at 12am, and it took an hour to walk to the shuttle center. We debated for a long time as to how I would get to the shuttle at the dead of night in an unfamiliar country, and in the end my FRIENDS CALLED AN UBER FOR ME AT 3AM TO GET TO THE SHUTTLE. At that moment I realized that there is still good left in the world, and I am so so so grateful to have such amazing people in my life. So yeah. Great food, beautiful buildings, amazing people and an experience of a lifetime <3
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