i walked the whole day, my legs are still sore
parc royal
palais royal
st jacques
im back in paris/reality. must work on papers now...BOOOOOO
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
byebye bruxelles
last memories of brussels...
i walked the whole day, my legs are still sore
parc royal
palais royal
st jacques
im back in paris/reality. must work on papers now...BOOOOOO
i walked the whole day, my legs are still sore
parc royalpalais royalst jacquesim back in paris/reality. must work on papers now...BOOOOOO
speculoos
DAY 2: the only full day
lets see..this is the walking day, i set out looking for lunch. the place royal is about a 15-20mins 'uphill' walk from the hotel. here we go....
mock notre-dame. im neighbors with the real deal pshh...
ARGHHH...why does it have to keep reminding me magrittes museum isn't opening until june?
the museumbrasserie at the musees royaux des beaux-arts is highly recommended by my guidebook and since i was going to the museum anyways...voila! the chef apparently is one of the only two chefs in brussels that has received three michelin stars before. the entire menu is authentic belgian cuisine. i got the traditional kriek marinated pork. it came in a small pot with endives side salad and frites! everything was delicious, super yummy. 
the lobby of the museum: the modern wing is on the right, and the ancient arts are straight ahead
apparently the hotel i stayed at was where jacques-louis david was living when he painted this
the golden girls
i stumbled upon this painting by jacques-jean david and i thought of middle school when i had to do a history project on this painting. i had to write a letter like the one in the painting. to make it real, i dyed it with tea bags to make it yellow-ish then crumbled it. i think i even burned the edges a little and the letter kind of caught on a little bit too much fire. 
sculpture garden
the chocolate mansion of pierre marcolini- the most famous chocolatier in brussels. too bad i still prefer la maison du chocolat.
16 pieces of yumminess
lets see..this is the walking day, i set out looking for lunch. the place royal is about a 15-20mins 'uphill' walk from the hotel. here we go....
mock notre-dame. im neighbors with the real deal pshh...
ARGHHH...why does it have to keep reminding me magrittes museum isn't opening until june?
the museumbrasserie at the musees royaux des beaux-arts is highly recommended by my guidebook and since i was going to the museum anyways...voila! the chef apparently is one of the only two chefs in brussels that has received three michelin stars before. the entire menu is authentic belgian cuisine. i got the traditional kriek marinated pork. it came in a small pot with endives side salad and frites! everything was delicious, super yummy. 
the lobby of the museum: the modern wing is on the right, and the ancient arts are straight ahead
apparently the hotel i stayed at was where jacques-louis david was living when he painted this
the golden girls
i stumbled upon this painting by jacques-jean david and i thought of middle school when i had to do a history project on this painting. i had to write a letter like the one in the painting. to make it real, i dyed it with tea bags to make it yellow-ish then crumbled it. i think i even burned the edges a little and the letter kind of caught on a little bit too much fire. 
sculpture garden
the chocolate mansion of pierre marcolini- the most famous chocolatier in brussels. too bad i still prefer la maison du chocolat.
16 pieces of yumminessSunday, April 12, 2009
happy easter!
im back from...BRUXELLES/BRUSSELS!!
i decided to solo-trip for the first time to a place i have never been before. im glad to announce i came back in a piece and did not get myself into any troubles.
i got myself a guidebook when i started planning my trip. unfortunately, i couldn't track down a bruxelles cartoville so i went for 'un grand-weekend a breuxelles' published by hachette instead. yep, a french guidebook written about another city that speaks french. now now, let me tell you about cartoville- the BEST guidebook/map out there. not kidding. i still carry my paris one with me all the time. the pocket-sized guidebook is perfect because it divides the city map into smaller very detailed sections, usually by neighborhoods. this means i can look at it descretely enough without plastering a "i'm a tourist" sign across my forehead- looking like a fool while attracting gypsies who try to trick people with gold rings. definitely get a cartoville if you are looking for a guidebook.
enough about that, so i set off friday morning from gare du nord on the burgundy red thalys train. its a short 1hr 20mins train ride from paris. i got in gare du midi of brussels around noon- what a sketch train station. ughh, this is the part where i start hating the idea of traveling alone. i guess its mostly becuase the fact that its europe and i'm a girl. well...being in paris has taught me to keep my earphones in at all times and power walk. oh and girls? creeptors are everywhere, NEVER EVER make eye contacts or you just might have to run for your life.
so heres DAY 1:
the weather was great, warmer than paris except the wind kind of got out of control. i sat on the patio for lunch and the bread almost flew away.
maison du roi
hotel de ville
grand place
lunch at le roy d'espagne, the entrace has a king charles bust
i decided to solo-trip for the first time to a place i have never been before. im glad to announce i came back in a piece and did not get myself into any troubles.
i got myself a guidebook when i started planning my trip. unfortunately, i couldn't track down a bruxelles cartoville so i went for 'un grand-weekend a breuxelles' published by hachette instead. yep, a french guidebook written about another city that speaks french. now now, let me tell you about cartoville- the BEST guidebook/map out there. not kidding. i still carry my paris one with me all the time. the pocket-sized guidebook is perfect because it divides the city map into smaller very detailed sections, usually by neighborhoods. this means i can look at it descretely enough without plastering a "i'm a tourist" sign across my forehead- looking like a fool while attracting gypsies who try to trick people with gold rings. definitely get a cartoville if you are looking for a guidebook.
enough about that, so i set off friday morning from gare du nord on the burgundy red thalys train. its a short 1hr 20mins train ride from paris. i got in gare du midi of brussels around noon- what a sketch train station. ughh, this is the part where i start hating the idea of traveling alone. i guess its mostly becuase the fact that its europe and i'm a girl. well...being in paris has taught me to keep my earphones in at all times and power walk. oh and girls? creeptors are everywhere, NEVER EVER make eye contacts or you just might have to run for your life.
so heres DAY 1:
the weather was great, warmer than paris except the wind kind of got out of control. i sat on the patio for lunch and the bread almost flew away.
maison du roi
hotel de ville
grand place
lunch at le roy d'espagne, the entrace has a king charles bust
ohhh candies...i might have gone in if the girl didn't look like she was going to eat me
bourse
galerie de la reine
librarie saint-hubert this is probably my favorite spot in brussels. i LOVE this bookstore period.
i wish it was my private library. its a fine arts bookstore with a huge selection of photograph books and all that. i went there twice in 3 days.
the tintin store
a random wall that led me to:
this kid. i didn't even plan it, i got a waffle and turned to see him standing right there.
on my way back to the hotel
bourse
galerie de la reine
librarie saint-hubert this is probably my favorite spot in brussels. i LOVE this bookstore period.i wish it was my private library. its a fine arts bookstore with a huge selection of photograph books and all that. i went there twice in 3 days.
the tintin store
a random wall that led me to:
this kid. i didn't even plan it, i got a waffle and turned to see him standing right there.
on my way back to the hoteltbc...
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