Beautiful Brussels

Our ship docked in Barcelona this morning and we took a taxi directly to the airport. We were ticketed on BA but it was operated by Vueling. It took us over a half hour to queue to check in, another half hour to get through the xray and another 15 minutes to walk to the gate. Just as well that we were early! Cramped seats, poor food for sale etc so it was not our best flight.
By the time we reached our hotel we had trouble deciding if to have tea, something stronger or a rest! We had all three.

When we finally went out at about 7 pm we fell instantly in love with Brussels. In no time we had seen most of the things that the city is famous for...Pis Mannekin, lace shops, chocolatiers and beer shops. The only thing was we have yet to meet Hercule Poirot!

We walked up to the Grand Place or Grote Markt. This is one of the best squares in Europe. Stunning. We will be back for more tomorrow.

There are great restaurants around the city but we went to a non touristy area around St Catherines. Good food and wine and great beer.

All this in our first few hours. We are looking forward to tomorrow.