Mel and I at the Grand Place. The weather was awesome.
I just got back from a great weekend in Brussels (or Bruxelles). My friend from Cornell, Dan Ruff has liven there for a few years and has an annual bash for his birthday. I went down on Friday evening with Melinee, a friend of Dan's who lives in London and I have become friends with. The weekend started off with meeting Dan's lovely girlfriend, Marie-France, and then going out to their favorite Thai place and a local bar were we sampled some fruity Belgian beers. The beers are always in a glass with the name on it:
We spent Saturday doing party errands, had lunch with some other friends, then Melinee and I had tourist hour and walked over to the Grand Place. I had been to Brussels before (8 years ago, to be exact) so was happy to not be 'super-tourist' and enjoy seeing the place through locals eyes, following along blindly and blissfully. The down side was no moulles frites, but I quickly got over that and enjoyed a cone of frites with Mel in the Grand Place.
The party was a black and white theme party and I decided since I skipped halloween to be Uma Thurman from Pulp Fiction (Mia Wallace). It was fun except no one was really dressed up so my wig lasted for about 2 hours. Also, it was giving me a headache! Here are Dan's shoes:
The party lasted until 5am and we woke up around 11, ate, and then Mel and I hopped on the train- security, passport check, and border control in 11 minutes flat- and I was back in London by the afternoon.
My camera is working now, by the way. 36 hours of drying out later and some weirdness behind the screen..yay.
You look like youre having so much fun. I miss you much ...much much much!
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