Brussels - Chocolate, Pomme Frittes and Comics

At the end of our stay in Paris, my mother headed back home to Georgia.  Luke and I then continued our journey to Belgium.  

We spent 3 days in Brussels with a family of four. Their home was super comfortable and the family was very hospitable.  One evening we all went to eat true Belgium pomme frittes (french fries), which to be honest, tasted like normal french fries with mayonnaise.  

During our time, we visited the Grand Place, which was beautiful as all of the buildings were very ornate.  

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Checking Off Touristy Places in Paris

We had a huge checklist of places we wanted to visit in Paris with not nearly enough time, but we were able to manage to check Notre Dame, Pere Lachaise and the Louvre off the list.

Notre Dame was lovely, and its size was quite massive.  It was probably not my favorite church that we visited in Europe (my favorites were St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican- of course and St. George's church in Prague, which was simply more ornate and beautiful than words could describe), but Notre Dame was definitely impressive.  Saw Notre Dame - check!

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Ahhh Paaareeeee

I finally have a consistent connection to actually be able to upload pictures.  Time is going by so quickly and I have so much left to blog about here in Europe.  Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

Ahem, well our next stop was Paris.  We spent a week in Paris in an amazing apartment that allowed for me to actually cook for a change.  After eating out all the time, I was hankering for a good home cooked meal (bonus: I got to go to the local market to buy fresh ingredients to try out).

While in Paris, we did many typical touristy things including visiting the Eiffel Tower (of course).  We went up to the top of the tower and drank champagne as we enjoyed the views.    

My little guy enjoying the view

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The Land of Mustard

We decided to pick a small city in France so that we could relax/recover from our time in Italy.  We also thought it would be interesting to explore what a small city is like in France, so we decided on Dijon.

This mustard was awesome - it has basil leaves in  it.

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