So this lady is walking her dog...

We got in to Brussels just fine. Got out of the train station and headed the wrong way. Got to the hostel but they wouldn't let us check in until 10. We put our bags in lockers and headed out for internet - of which no place was open and to walk around and find caches. There wasn't too much going on here.

In Europe there are plazas everywhere. Here they are called places. They are basically open spaces with buildings on all four sides - some important, more now touristy spots with restaurants. The Grand Place in Brussels is easily the coolest we have seen. The architecture is very cool and some of the buildings have gold plating or some other gold looking metal on them. This place was a definite must see here. It was awesome. As soon as we walked in it I was like - what is this!

We then walked around a little more and saw Manekin Pis. Yes, pis, you have it correct. It's this little statue that looks like a little boy peeing. People love it. I took few pictures but didn't see that big of a deal.

We then went to what was supposed to be one of the best places to get Belgian waffles - so I got one, with ice-cream and whipped cream, it was nothing that great. What did annoy me were the two fucking Roma women who asked us for money. For those of you who don't know, the Roma are these lost people who are all over Europe. The gypsies. They've been wandering for so long that no one knows where they are from. The women spend all day begging for money, often taking their kids with them. I have no idea what the men do because you never see them. First a younger one comes over and asks me for money in French - cause that's what they speak here. Sad if you're the French's bitch. I waive her away. Jess is getting food and comes back and two more show up. They regroup and decide who is going where - and the older more season one comes to us. She bumps into my arm and then starts talking we say no, and she's still talking. I'm checking my pocket just to be sure. We tell her no again and she begins walking away and being nasty. Oh, I'm sorry, I should give you money because you're fucking lazy and do nothing but beg. Get a fucking job. There's nothing wrong with you, you're not crippled - you're just ugly. I give enough money to people who don't work at home - I'm not doing it on vacation.

We ate at the hostel - they had a BBQ for fairly cheap. They even made veggie burgers for Jess. We then decided to head to a parking garage. Yeah, it sounds weird but if you go to P58 you can go to the 10th floor and get a FREE 360 panorama view of the city. So this lady is walking her dog and it stops and is taking a dump. The woman bends over and starts wiping the dogs ass. We think - wow, that's good for the first time in Europe, someone is going to pick up their dogs shit. Mind you, there is a ton of dog shit in every city - no one cleans up after their dog. Europe is so sophisticated. So the lady finishes wiping the dogs ass and throws the tissue paper in the street. Right in the street right in front of us. What the fuck is wrong with these people - she wipes the dogs ass and then tosses the paper. We walked around and stopped for a drink - I got some Belgian kreike beer - which is sweet and has something to do with the river that flows under the city. It's the only place that makes some kind of bacteria they use to male the stuff. It kinda tasted like a cherry tootsie roll lollypop - they serve it in a gay glass, which makes sense because the stuff is almost pink.

We continue on to P58 it's about sundown. There was another hostel up there doing some kind of weird drinking relay - it was kinda funny. The views were awesome and I was able to bag some nice shots. We went back to the bar at the hostel and had a few more drinks.

The next morning we got up to find internet and finally did. We found out two hostels canceled on us. One had broken pipes and the other fucked up the dates. They sent a confirmation with the wrong dates - but Jess didn't notice that the month was wrong. So we were leaving for Switzerland with no place to stay in Berlin the next day. Some quick research and calls and we got a spot at the Circus in Berlin. We've been at the internet place for 2 hours - there's no can and we both have to pee really bad. We basically make our way over to where we plan on eating - some macrobiotic place Jess wants to try. We both pee like mad and go eat. So there's only one plate - and its got a ton of healthy stuff. Some sea veggie shit (if it's underwater, we're not supposed to have access to it and eat it), beets and Japanese noodle stuff. It was ok. By ok I mean edible.

The hostel problems set us off schedule and we head over to the EU section of the city to tour the parliament - we go like 3 buildings and they say sorry, you've missed the tour. Fuck the EU.

We then went to the Weirtz museum - some maniac who wanted to be the national painter of Belgium. He painted some crazy stuff and had some nutty plan to take over Paris and make Brussles the center of the world or something. I dunno. Interesting - but, kinda wacky if you can't even defeat the French. We went back, grabbed our stuff and headed to the airport and on to Switzerland.