Belgique & Luxembourg

wohh..i haven't been blogging for so long! i'm having withdrawal symptoms man. these 2 weeks has been really really hectic..

went for rugby training on monday, so fun! the girls strip in front of everybody and bathe together..wow. haha. i'm fine with that but i was trying hard not to stare. i don't feel so bad anymore, with my big butt and hips and tummy, apparently this is how the female's body is meant to be! yay. then tues was the soiree brasilienne and fri left for Belgium & Lux after school.

i went with connie, a canadian-hongkee..studying at uwaterloo as well! *hey ju, your counterpart!* it was cool cos t'was just the 2 of us, everything was done chop-chop. first up was brussels. we reached at 11pm so we went straight to the hotel. I WAS SO STUPID! i forgot that i booked the rm for 1 person only and so only 1 person can show face at the reception. we ended up having to get 2 rms and paying €50 more. dammit.

(left) bande desinee. many of such on the walls, artistic. (centre) mannekin pis, the most famous monument in brussels. it's so tiny. apparently it embodies the free spirit of belgium. (right) view of brussels.

belgium is famous for its beers..oh man, 12% alcoholic content! tastes so good. and it's chocolates (godiva, leonidas etc) what a sin, i couldn't stop eating those damn chocs. and waffles!! many waffle stands everywhere in the city. also they're famous for mussels and rabbit in beer sauce haha. so unique that me and connie just had to splurge €50 on dinner. -sheepish grin-

(left) chocolate liqueur! 17% alocoholic content! (far left) a typical beer shop. oooooooh. lugged 6 bottles of beer in my bag, wanted to buy more but too heavy! oooooooh.

Brugges, touted as the venice of belgium and untouched even by the 2 world wars. so beautiful!! i'm coming back here for my honeymoon :P

we met 2 american girls on exchange to spain and went touring brugges together, on the riverboat tour. the river traversed most of the city centre and passed beautiful cottage houses which were built by the river! so pretty and so quaint :) but their road names are damn stupid, like Dweersdtraaat..why the hell do you need so many vowels together. how do you pronounce that man. the language here is flemish and the artist Jan Van Eyck who did The Arnolfini Marriage was from here! i loved his works.

this is luxembourg. it's a small lil country just a lil bigger than spore and about as rich. apparently rich countries find that construction and redevelopment is a must, so cranes will always be present to ruin the skyline in photos (above) just like in spore urgh. the middle of the city is a valley. all pictures taken of the valley.

AND I'M ON MY WAY TO LONDON WHIS WKEND!! WOOHOOOOO! told these 2 wks is gonna be hectic :P