We decided to try different sleeping arrangements for our second night in Brussels, hoping to get wi-fi access. We headed to the northern part of town to store our luggage before check-in, but our private room in the hostel was actually ready so we headed to our room. Although everything started out great we soon found out that the wireless in the hostel was not compatible with Macs so we were out of luck again. It has been harder for us in France and Belgium to get on the internet on our personal computer and in turn harder to stay in contact on Skype and upload to our blog. So, we apologize for the delays and the massive postings at once, we are just playing a little catch up. We spent most of the afternoon Friday walking the streets window shopping and staring at the walls of beer, waffles and chocolate that were around each corner. We had a local tip that it was better to get larger amounts of chocolate at supermarkets. They said that that is were people from Brussels shop to buy their own sweets and the specialty shops are mainly for tourists with much higher prices. They assured us that Belgium takes such pride in its chocolate that to have the phrase, "Made in Belgium," means that it has to pass strict codes that assure it is top notch. So we headed to the supermarket and got to try our first Belgium chocolates. We are addicted. They were all amazing, with the Dark chocolate and praline mix as my favorite. Having tried the sweets we felt we needed to try some of the beer that makes Belgium famous. We got a few bottles and sampled away. We found some winners but surprisingly we had one that neither of us could finish. It didn't really taste like beer, but it was interesting to try to say the least. We soon called it a night and headed to bed, we had a big day awaiting us.
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