Thread: Travelling to Brussels for work

It looks like I'm going to get the fantastic opportunity to travel to Brussels, Belgium in about a month for work. A two week stay with what seems like it will be a fairly lenient work schedule. This will be my first time ever visiting Europe, and I'm very excited.

If anybody has any info about what to do or try to see, I should have at least one full weekend open to do anything I want. One thing I have listed is possibly taking a train trip to Germany.


Sadly, with the way airports are, I don't think I'm going to risk taking any straights with me, and I'm going to fall back to a DE for the trip. I'm definitely taking my new badger brush and some soaps though.

I just came back from the UK, I was there with my pipe band, and we flew out three days after the initial scare occured. Although security was stricter, our members had no troubles with anything in their checked baggage, including sgain dubhs (traditional knives worn with the kilt). I know mine is razor sharp, and everyone else in the band had one packed as well. As long as it's in your checked baggage, I don't think you'd have a problem.

Robert

fly all the time with my razor checked (granted rarely overseas lately) and never ever had a problem even when my bags are gone through by security...which is about 40% of the time now.

If you like chocolate you should visit Pierre Marcolini. He makes the best chocolate _ever_. I'm actually envious of you going there because you get to eat chocolate while I'm stuck in Norway. Anyways, you can find out more about Marcolini at http://www.marcolini.be/EN/accueil.html

Other than chocolate, Brussels is a very nice city that is perfect for just walking around and looking at the different chocolatiers. They have many good chocolatiers in Brussels, but remember that Marcolini is the best.

Also, you could go to Antwerp where there is a straight razor shop......I'll get the adress for you if you like. They sell belgian Coticules among other things at a price that you can't get in the States.

You could also buy some soaps and things that are harder to get or more expensivve ) in the states like the european Palmolive shave cream and tabac products. Both of which can be obtained in most drugstores.

When you're in Brussels it's also not very far to Paris. I think that might be a better option even than taking a train to Germany. The Netherlands aren't very far either. (I'll wave as you train by). In all reality if you have enough time there's a host of options.

Oh my God... I'd kill for some time in Belgium. Belgium is like an adult disney land for beer drinkers. Some of the finest beers in the world come out of those crazy ass Belgian mash tuns. If you're willing to step off the beaten path a bit and try some different stuff, you're in for a real treat. Just be careful, a lot of Belgian beers are very very strong and will kick your ass quickly.

-- Gary F.

I'm VERY excited about the beer opportunities actually. The Trappist or Abbey beers have especially gotten my interest. I'm planning to try lots of variety both in the beer and food veins. Fortunately I'm going with a coworker who I get along with really well. I even went to his bachelor party.

LX, I was looking at the RailEurope site trying to pick out some possibilities for a day trip, and it looks like Amsterdam might be one of the most reasonable choices, with Paris a close second.

Rent a car drive to Germany enjoy the Autobahn
and try a real beer

hell yeah, autobahn's have no speed limit in most places. So be sure to rent yourself a FAST car (evil grin).