Brussels, Belgium

Capital of Belgium, capital of the European Union, but not the best part of Belgium. The waffles and the fries are phenomenal ('French' Fries are actually Belgian by origin, but who's counting). They do speak French here though; gonna have to get used to that haha. Funny story, didn't book ahead for a hostel. We walked to hostel # 1: no room at the inn. 2, same thing. 3, same thing again. Finally 4, same thing. Apparently all hostels were booked because of the Jazz Marathon!! Crazy busy town; finally after an hour and a half of walking the streets with our full packs, we checked into a budget hotel. It did the trick, but it cost a bit more. I guess we saw more of the city that way haha. Pretty exhausting day though. Anyway, it turned out to not be too bad a town, a little too North American like though.