it was dodgy, the coach terminal. shady characters were hanging around. the metro station stank of urine and solid waste. like an animal shed. Thank god the city center was worlds apart.
Deep breath. The sweet smell of chocolate waffles and nutella crepes wafted through the air, tantalising and taunting my bottomless stomach. Bruxelles. Sani with his sharp sense of direction became our tour guide as we explored the city. Going in and out of the cobbled streets we soaked up the sun and snapped tonnes of photos. The manneken pis was very disapointing though, for all the hype about it, i expected a statue taller than a foot-long subway sandwich. But the yummy mussels soaked in white wine and escargots seasoned with peper and salt made up for that.
I wanted to see the atomium very badly, thinking it was a planetrium as well. It turned out to be a product of an expo, very similiar to the Eiffel Tower-with nothing much inside. There was a magnificient view of the whole of bruselles from the highest metal atom-like ball though. But that still didn't justify the 6 Euros entrance fee.
Coach tickets out of Brussels to Paris was sold out the day we wanted to leave. We had to stay an extra night and being the cheapskate students that we are, the 9 of us squeezed into a 3 persons dorm to wait out the hours before our 6 am bus to France the next day. Bonjour Parisj!
Deep breath. The sweet smell of chocolate waffles and nutella crepes wafted through the air, tantalising and taunting my bottomless stomach. Bruxelles. Sani with his sharp sense of direction became our tour guide as we explored the city. Going in and out of the cobbled streets we soaked up the sun and snapped tonnes of photos. The manneken pis was very disapointing though, for all the hype about it, i expected a statue taller than a foot-long subway sandwich. But the yummy mussels soaked in white wine and escargots seasoned with peper and salt made up for that.
I wanted to see the atomium very badly, thinking it was a planetrium as well. It turned out to be a product of an expo, very similiar to the Eiffel Tower-with nothing much inside. There was a magnificient view of the whole of bruselles from the highest metal atom-like ball though. But that still didn't justify the 6 Euros entrance fee.
Coach tickets out of Brussels to Paris was sold out the day we wanted to leave. We had to stay an extra night and being the cheapskate students that we are, the 9 of us squeezed into a 3 persons dorm to wait out the hours before our 6 am bus to France the next day. Bonjour Parisj!
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