Brussels

Well we made it to Brussels and have been here for 2 full days now. Gotta say - we aren't overwhelmed. Our hotel is decent but the city is a bit, well, sketchy. Lots and lots of dudes just hanging out on corners and in alleys. Girls are advised not to venture out alone and our boys are making sure that is the case.
We spent the first day wandering aimlessly and found the town square which is so amazingly beautiful that it saddened me that it is in Brussels. The town is so dirty to be center of the EU and to be home to such a fantastic grouping of architecture. (like New Orleans and Jackson Square? maybe?) We laid in the square and then went to the cathedral, where we laid in the grass. We've become quite the lazy bunch. Well, mostly me and Cap, who find the Europeans love of outdoor napping just fine with us. Jim is much better at photographing and checking things out. As it was their National Day of super exciting something or other there were parades and fighter jets flying over. It was a nice day to be in Brussels, if only to see how others celebrate holidays. We paid homage to the great country of Belgium by eating waffles covered in chocolate or strawberries or ice cream or all of the above, followed by beer and dancing in the streets with gay boys to techno dj's.
The dancing out of nowhere was so exciting that Jim and I didn't even care when the rain started. That's just how we roll in Europe. No worries. Wet feet. Good music. Tres bien.