Voyage en Belgique

Things have been pretty crazy here. The semester is coming to a close, and I have tons of papers to write before Matt and I leave for Germany for the holiday. I also started tutoring for the SAT, though I've only trained so far, it's an intense program and I have a lot of learning to do before I can do any teaching. Luckily, I got a little break this past weekend on an overnight trip to Belgium.

I think my favorite thing about Belgium was that there are enough fries in the country that there has to be a sign condemning the bringing of fries into the centuries old cathedral. Yum! Columbia was nice enough to take us on a small overnight trip, most expenses included. We chose Belgium, and I'm so glad we did. We spent the first day and the night in Ghent, and then the following day in Brussels.

I don't think I took many pictures in Brussels, because Ghent was so darn cute. This was the square that our hotel was in. It was a very food-based vacation, actually. I made sure to try waffles, fries, beer, croquettes, essentially everything Belgian is fried. It was delicious. Oh, except for the chocolate, which I bought lots of and have been consuming slowly these past few days.

This is a funny carousel in Brussels. Weird.

Ghent at night was so lovely. We took a night time boat (canoe) cruise on the river and got to see the city all lit up, even though it was freezing and I hadn't brought any socks with me. In the end, it was definitely the most romantic city I had ever seen. It was the perfect break from a stressful time in Paris.