We finally found our way to Brussels. The first day we found our hostel and walked around a bit, exploring the city. There was a fun market in town where I bought some small trinkets, and we went chocolate shopping. Apparently you can walk into almost any chocolate shop and they'll give you a free sample. This was an incredible experience. Belgium chocolate is now my favorite. We got some 10% discount cards as well, which was really nice. Keith had gotten a map of things to do from the hostel, and he wanted to go find the stock market building and then play chess at some restaurant that was famous for it, so we went, and afterwards we had a late supper of pizza. The next day we got to sleep in a bit, which was fantastic, and then we went to the Mannekin Pis, the statue/fountain of the little boy peeing. It was very small. I'll spare you the picture. We met Keith's friend Helena, who is living in Brussels, so she was our tour guide for an hour or so. We also got some very good Belgian waffles (mine had strawberries and chocolate) and we went to another Triumphal Arch in a very nice park. There is a small statue in Seville that my aunt told me was originally in Brussels, and to go see it once I got there. Unfortunately it was expensive to go out to see it, but in the map/brochure we got it said there was a garage from which it was visible, so we trekked up to the top of that. It was a hazy day, so none of my pictures turned out really well, but I could tell that it was a huge silver atomic structure, that up close would have been very impressive. After that we purchased some chocolate, and I also looked for some lace, although the ladies in the shops were not very helpful or friendly at all, and then we went on our way to Amsterdam.