Kirstin=Brussels, Luggage=MIA

Yep, I spent my first day mostly traveling, wandering through Heathrow Airport and then standing in line at the missing luggage window once I arrived here in Brussels. Sigh...

Here I am on the train with my lonely ticket and my lonely laptop case. No luggage, no power adapters. Note to the savvy traveler: pack adapter in with laptop in future.




Once I arrived at my hotel, I dropped my my laptop and took off to explore the neighborhood. I did discover a really fun shopping pedestrian street just a block away. It's bargain time here in Belgium and the shoppers were out in FULL FORCE. And let me tell you, the Brussels girls can take us out when it comes to throwing elbows in order to blast through a sale rack. Zara and Mango were a total mess but it was loads of fun. I didn't buy anything but had a great time people-watching.

And, I did discover that Belgians really DO love to eat belgian waffles! Who knew??? I thought that was just made up food you got at the carnival but NO it's insanely popular and you buy it at the food stand like a hot pretzel at the mall. Here's a very blurry shot of the belgian waffle stand that had a big line out front.



It's late here now and my luggage has finally arrived. More to report tomorrow. Does anyone know if you tip here?

Kirstin