Our Brussels trip was in trouble on its first day when W woke up with an earache. Spending 9 hours on a flight would certainly not be fun with sinus and ear pain, She took one for the team and decided to tough it out anyway so we jumped on a flight headed for Frankfurt and away we went. We've traveled so much lately that the movies haven't changed much since the last time we flew, but I did have time to check out rush hour 3,(not bad for a sequel) and Mr. Woodcock (not recommended). Because it was the longest of the movies available I also spent too much time watching the end of Into the wild (boring, and sad). The upgraded food on the plane was awesome I had a lamb with apricot curry that I really enjoyed. When we arrived in Frankfurt, W was an unrested, congested, teary shell of her self, so we grabbed a quiet place to sit to consider our options, and then decided on taking the train to Brussels. It would take about 5 hours, but would be a scenic journey. We had mapped out a trip from home already, so we were able to walk up to the automated ticket machine grab some tickets and head for our train. the trip up the romantic Rhine was beautiful, with little villages and castle ruins all along the way.
The train was moving too fast and it was too cloudy for many pictures, but you get somewhat of a sense from it here. When we arrived at the North Brussels train station, we knew we had a tight connection, and missed it, but a very helpful English speaker at the information booth pointed us in the right direction. We got on a train on a line I still haven't figured out, and it stopped at one point and we were afraid it had been taken out of service. We arrived at Gare Central (the central Brussels station) and knew our hotel should have been within walking distance, but tired, sick, and quickly getting wet, we just decided to get a cab for €10 and be done traveling for the day. We settled in to our hotel for a bit and then I went out to explore the neighborhood. I found the closest metro station, and some potential restaurants for dinner. After a nap W was starting to come around, so we wandered out for dinner and found Le Délire Parisien. We started with a delicious French onion soup. W had a salad, and I had a delicious duck with Thai style seasonings. For dessert W had a fresh fruit plate and I had the most wonderful sabayon spiked with Grand Marnier. We called it a night early and retired to our room. We stayed at the Sofitel Brussels Toison d'Or. Our room was actually very nice, and the service was friendly and helpful. It was conveniently located near the Louise metro station, with plenty of shopping and restaurants, and one very loud church bell nearby. The room was however, quite warm with the lowest setting on the heater a balmy 20 degrees C. We spent a lot of time with the window open, but it was super windy and that kept moving the door. Definitely the most comfortable bed ever though. We didn't want to get up at all the next morning
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