Brussels

If i followed the chronological order, the next entry should be Konstanz but bah! It's such a chore and it's so boring blogging about all my travels religiously.

So... i shall move on to Brussels!

The trip to Brussels was an experience. Lol~ Not cos the city was pretty and filled with nice people but more cos it was the total opposite. It was ugly and grey and filled with weird people. Not a city i would choose to go back to but the experience was funny.

This trip was a trip alone and so i went to most places alone so please do not expect to see any pictures with my face in it k?

The airport at Brussels was impressive. Clean and modern and looks great. But the moment u get out of it, it's yucks. =P

First encounter with weird people in Brussels:
I was trying to find my way to my hostel and having had only 2 hours sleep and gotten lost, i was seriously tired. And finally, i found the street that my hostel is on. Imagine this scene. A young, super tired chinese girl is lugging her duffel bag and she walks past 3 Turkish girls in their long skirts and tudungs. And then suddenly in the middle of the street, they looked at her and shouted:"CHING CHIANG CHONG CHINESE!!!" And then they retarded-ly laughed and walked off. I was way too tired to respond so i just walked off. I wanted my bloody hostel.

Thinking back, i can't help it but be highly amused. Erms... excuse me. Turks ain't exactly the most popular people in Europe are they? And they pass racist remarks on me? Ha.ha.ha... It's a huge joke. If i was more awake, i might have just shouted back at them. Bah!

Anyway, after leaving my luggage in the hostel, i took an American's advice and visit the EU building and the city centre (called the Grand Place).

The EU building. Europeans, that's where they rule your country from!

A park near the EU building. Pretty right? Why Yishan say ugly?

See? This was in the same park. Gosh... whatever did the sculpture do to them? "Little Suckers" spray painted on a nice old sculpture was not exactly my idea of pretty i'm afraid.

The Grand Place. It's an UNESCO World Heritage. Pretty but erms... read below.

My banana chocolate waffle!!!

The ever famous/infamous pissing boy(Manneken Pis)

But don't say i didn't warn u... He's SMALL! I feel like a cheated tourist and i think he feels like an overly harrassed young kid. Can't everyone just let him piss in peace?!

After that, i sat down at the sidewalk of the Grand Place to have my waffle and here comes the second experience with weird people in Brussels. This old looking guy sits beside me and starts smoking. He looks at me and then starts talking to me. At first, he seemed just plain friendly and then after a while, he was like:"Do u know you're really beautiful?" Erms... yeah. I sense bad things coming. And then of cos, as expected, he goes on to ask me if i was free at night and if i would like to go for a drink with him. I told him no, i wasn't in the mood to. He asks why and so i told him i have a boyfriend in Vienna and it's not nice to go out for drinks with random guys now that i have a boyfriend. Most people would have thought that was it. But OH NO... u were dealing with a weird Egyptian man in the middle of a weird city Brussels!

He goes on to suggest that i don't tell my boyfriend. I of course reject. I am very much in love with my boyfriend and lying to him is just wrong. He still doesn't give up... He goes on to tell me how he thinks i'm really pretty and he really likes me. So i told him to stop all those mushy praises and shit stuff. Then here comes the highlight dearest audience. He replied:"Oh... how can u ask my heart to stop beating and me to stop breathing?" (Pardon my language) BUT WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?! That i swear, is the epitome of cheesy pick up lines. I told him i was gonna walk off if he doesn't stop and finally he gives up but guess what? He had the nerve to ask for a kiss before he left.

So... without my own knowledge of how he looks like and who he is, i now have a boyfriend whom i love very deeply and loves me deeply too. =) So... should he have blue eyes brown hair, blue eyes blond hair, green eyes blond hair or simply brown eyes brown hair?

And if that's not enough, 3 mins later, another guy tried to ask me out for a drink. This one was easier to fend off though. The moment i said i have a boyfriend, he backed off.

Guys, it's really nice to feel attractive once in a while but 2 cheesy guys who are totally weird in 20 minutes? It's way too much. Thankfully, that was about all the weird people i met.

Cherry beer. Something i expect an Austrian/German to be disgusted with. Lol... Beers are not meant to be red, pretty looking and sweet tasting. But well, i HAD to try something new. This bar i was at served 2004 different beers. As a tourist, i GOTTA go check it out.

Mussels!!! I had that for dinner on both days. Same restaurant somemore. It was great! =)

Anyway, in conclusion, Brussels was really an experience. It was really funny now that i think back about it. And... how many girls can claim that they have been hit on by a weird looking Egyptian uncle? Lol... Won't go back there again but yeah... it was a great trip.