TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE DIARIES

Last October 2013, Miss Luster (a long-time old colleague in Manila who now lives in Dubai) and I met at the Brussels Nord Train Station (the station that gets you to the city centre). She came with the train from Cologne, Germany where she spent a week for work and I came from Utrecht, Netherlands with the car. There is parking across the train station so that was very handy for me. The first thing we did was to catch up with each other over a cup of coffee at the Grand Place | Grote Markt, afterwhich, we did a little stroll and sightseeing before calling for lunch. See here our morning together in Brussels: An Autumn Meeting in Brussels and our chic light lunch: Belga Queen Restaurant After lunch I was in the mood for fresh oysters so we went to St. Catherine’s Square (Sint Katarinaplein | Place de la Catherine), they have a seafood market here every Saturday. Read here: Fresh Oysters at Saint Catherine’s Square And then we continued with the strolling, sightseeing, cafeing (m...

An old colleague from my Makati, Manila working girl days visited me last year. Miss Luster who lives in Dubai had some work-related trip in Cologne, Germany. She wants to visit Belgium before proceeding to the Netherlands so we rendezvoused in the European capital, Brussels. I cannot remember anymore how many times I have been to this metropolitan city. See below a photo essay about our morning together in Brussels. For lunch we spent it at the posh Belga Queen restaurant . I will post another entry later about our afternoon jaunt in the city =). You know, I cannot help it. I took so many pictures! The Kunstbergtuin | Jardin du Mont des Arts. Miss Luster and moi, colleagues 12 years ago in Manila =) At the Grote Markt | Grand Place with the Brussels Town Hall in the background. Beautiful guidhalls on the square. A Muslim couple getting married in the Town Hall. The Mannekin Pis. Not sure what his attire is this time. Having our mo...