Yesterday was definitely one of my favourite days so far - I got to spend it with some of my favourite people in the world :) Esther, of course, & my two lovely friends who I met on exchange at SFU three years ago, Jessie (from Sweden) & Helle (from Norway)! Helle has recently moved to Leuven (which is about half an hour out of Brussels) to work on her thesis & by pure chance, we noticed on facebook that Jessie was coming from Stockholm to visit her...

Not much to report from yesterday as I actually came down with a virus & spent most of the day resting…which I'm sure had absolutely nothing to do with the previous days indulgences!! :P No really, unless waffles & chocolate are now linked to ear, nose, & throat viruses I'm pretty sure it was just your average, run-down, travelling kinda bug! However I did still make it out to the Friet museum in the morning (like I was gonna miss that!) to learn ...

OK, so, before I begin my recollection of today's activities, please be advised that if you are highly nutritionally minded you may to look away at some point, as today Esther & I took full advantage of Belgium's reputation for amazing chocolate, beer, waffles, & frites! Yes, that's right, all of them. And it was AMAZING! The first item on today's agenda was the chocolate factory, as you do when you're in Belgium! But we got distracted on the way by ...