From Luxembourg we had to Belgium. I would go pretty much straight to Brussels. There are some websites that say that some of the cities are not as safe as they were in years past so it is probably best to just see the capital since of course security is always best in a capitol city.
My ideas of what to do in Belgium revolves primarily around chocolate and beer. Not necessarily in that order. Belgium lays claim to the invention of the praline in 1912. Probably the best place for various choices of chocolates is Maison des Maitres Chocolatiers on the Grand Place. There 10 separate Chocolatiers in this location and this part of the trip is probably not going to one of moderation.
The beer of course is to die for and what I look forward to are the beers made in monasteries and abbeys by monks using techniques and recipes that are centuries old and reportedly as good as anything you can get anywhere. Some of them are exported but due to the stupid laws we have in this country about beer I would not want to bet that anything I can find here in Pennsylvania will be anything even vaguely close to what it tastes like in Belgium.
Chocolate and beer are the 2 biggies for me in Belgium but there are some other things. Strangely enough for a country with a relatively small coastline the national dish is mussels which makes me very happy. Apparently they do mussels and chips just as the English do fish and chips and I am certainly looking forward to that.
Then there is the Belgian waffle. Not just a ploy made up by US marketers. Waffles are also a very important food in Belgium and can be gotten very conveniently because they are done not only in restaurants but also by street vendors and from my experiences in New York and also in Manila, I am a big fan of street vendors.
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