United Flight #972 To Brussels Belgium

Hey there friends, first things first, I would like to apologize for being so lax and forgetful on updating my blog...however I have been keeping a journal of notes in my cellphone and will try and get a few posts up between tonight and tomorrow!

So bear with me and get ready for a bunch or entries and photo updates in the next day or two. I am going to try and get all of this into chronological order so my trip to Khouribga, Morocco is a little bit more understanding.

So here we go...

Wow, just over nine { 9 } weeks ago I was hustling to make my connection from Chicago to Brussels for a short lay over on my way to Morocco which I will be calling home for the next 11 weeks.

With just about 8 hours to check out Belgium and a little insight from John VanZeebroeck my first stop was to find "Mussels in Brussels" and a Belgian Beer to wash it down...for breakfast (considering that our flight landed an 8 AM).

But this wasn't a problem after checking out six or eight square blocks and finding two different places to have an espresso to help try and ease the jet lag and poor attempt of a night's sleep on the plane ride over the Atlantic.

For the price of 10€ each Ben (my boss) and I we're able to have a meal consisting of more mussels that Danielle and I would normally cook for ourselves at home, a large plate of French Frys as well as a refreshing Belgian Style Blonde Beer!

Though this was my only meal in Brussels I can definitely say that if you ever find your self in the AMAZINGLY Beautiful city, you MUST have mussels!

During our walk around town, we came across the "Grand Square" which is surrounded by towering marble faced and Gold plated buildings dating back to as early as 1697. With giant towering gold turrets and hundreds of statues (each and every one very different from on another) this architecture was mind blowing. It definitely brought me back to the great experience of traveling the ancient cities of Italy back in 2009 with Mama Quinn and Little Quinn.

Even though my time there was short I found a great respect and love for the City of Brussels. I can't wait to not only spend another 12 hour lay over there (on my way home) but to definitely come back and visit for a longer period of time with Danielle and hopefully her/My family to see more of the VanZeebroeck home land!

Attached below are photos from my time wondering around the City Center and the Grand Place very close to the Airport and Train Station.

More to come soon friends...