Jessie & Mike Visit Brussels

After being in Paris for a couple days, Mike & Jessie decided to pop over the Brussels to spend a day with us since they were so close. Wednesday morning they took the train from Paris and arrived in Brussels early in the morning.

For lunch I put out large spread of food & wine and we ate until Christian needed to pop open his belt/pants button (the usual sign that everyone has eaten too much). Since we only had a few hours before sun down, we did the quick tour around Brussels. Christian had a co-worker Rebecca in town so she joined us to take in the sites as well.

For a quick snack, we went to Place Jourdain and ordered up some of the best fries in town. Just to give you a good idea how good they are, we usually half to wait 30 minutes in line to order them. The worst part about waiting is watching all the people order them with a cup full of mayo on them - so gross. Christian almost hurls everytime he see it.

After putting back a pound of fries, we drove over to the Atonium to take a quick peak. We debated on going to the top, but after my episode with the Eiffel tower a few days before, we decided not to go up. Hearing the structure creak like a wooden porch as the wind picked up sealed our decision to skip the climb up.We went inside the building for a minute and we came across an old Mini and a classic 1964 Fiat Cinquecento. Right away Christian had an idea... Mike (being 6'4") was ushered over to the tiny car and was (politely) urged to get in and after a few threats from Jessie thought about what life might be like without his left arm. (Yes those are real cars)

Christian went to ask the manager on duty if Mike could get into one of the cars just so we could acutally see if he could fit and to get a quick picture. After some conviencing from Christian and the fact that we were American(sort of), the manager said ok only because "Obama was our President." It is funny how much of an impact Obama has on the world. We had a good laugh...

Later that night, we took them buy Grand Place to grab a quick Leffe before we had dinner at our favorite Lebanese restaurant. We made Mike, Jessie & Rebecca walk in front of us so we could get their reaction - it was priceless (yes, stagged)!One more thing we had to have that night was a Belgian waffle. Christian and I went for the plain and simple, but Jessie and Mike had ice cream, chocolate & bananas! They did it up right.
Lots of fun having all three of you in town. Come back and visit.
Love you all.
C & M