Today we were set to head to our final new country, Belgium. We luckily got reservations on the last open train from Paris to Brussels, though we did have a short layover in Lille, France. In Lille, we had a quick lunch in the courtyard in front of the train station. After a short ride we arrived in Bruxelles, Brussel or Brussels (as we call it) and headed into town to check into our hotel. The country of Belgium is split in half with the north full of Flemish folk and the south, Wallonia, true to its French background. Brussels is basically in the middle and represents both sides. All of the street signs are in both French and Dutch. It was surprising to us how French everything seemed. I think in our heads we just imagined Brussels to look and sound a lot like the Netherlands and Germany. Since it was later in the evening when we got settled in and we weren't to familiar with the area we decided to finally see the version original (spoken English with both French and Dutch subtitles) of Harry Potter at a near by cinema. Glad that we went not only for the film, but the building itself was a fantastic piece of Art Deco architecture.
Today we were set to head to our final new country, Belgium. We luckily got reservations on the last open train from Paris to Brussels, though we did have a short layover in Lille, France. In Lille, we had a quick lunch in the courtyard in front of the train station. After a short ride we arrived in Bruxelles, Brussel or Brussels (as we call it) and headed into town to check into our hotel. The country of Belgium is split in half with the north full of Flemish folk and the south, Wallonia, true to its French background. Brussels is basically in the middle and represents both sides. All of the street signs are in both French and Dutch. It was surprising to us how French everything seemed. I think in our heads we just imagined Brussels to look and sound a lot like the Netherlands and Germany. Since it was later in the evening when we got settled in and we weren't to familiar with the area we decided to finally see the version original (spoken English with both French and Dutch subtitles) of Harry Potter at a near by cinema. Glad that we went not only for the film, but the building itself was a fantastic piece of Art Deco architecture.
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