A few weeks ago we took a brief trip to Belgium. We split our time between Brussels, well known for being the locale of one of two of the Parliaments of the European Union and Bruges, well known for the Colin Farrell movie In Bruges that came out in 2009.
I was fully expecting Bruges to be the star of the trip and was semi-dreading being dragged around the modern, 80's style (ugly) streets of Brussels. Having said that, I will admit that Brussels surprised me. The city completely exceeded my expectations. It was beautiful and bustling. Yes, there were the modern and ugly buildings, but there were also many highly ornate and ancient looking buildings that compensated for the modern.
