After the Paris excursion ended, Yoong and
I departed to Belgium on the night of Saturday, taking a night bus arriving in
the morning. Thanks to Yoong that we travelled with me because she had been to Belgium
once before. My first impression about Belgium was great. However, it disappeared
in less than an hour. The cars were driven crazily neglecting the traffic signs
and everything, and also encountered a moment seeing a woman almost hit by a
car in a cross section. The entire city seemed quite deprived and dangerous,
with men hanging out outside with cigars and beers during the day. But I found
it nice to know the city atmosphere of Belgium just if we can safely be back to
Bonn. Thankfully, we were very safe and happy throughout the day visiting
different tourist spots to take pictures, have great foods like fried fish, free
Belgium chocolates, Belgium waffles, and Belgium fries, which are all very famous
in Belgium. Yoong consistently avoided to respond to my question that “did you
enjoy the day”, but I believe that she enjoyed it but she is just not
expressing it to me. Our hostel was great and everything went well.
A
day after, we woke up early in the morning and head out to take the bus to
Luxembourg. Luxembourg was totally a different city compared to Belgium.
Everything seemed very organized and protected, with good manners and
education. The transportation was very easy because the city, or maybe the country
itself was very small, with good roads with few intersections. We had few confusion
about depositing our luggage, but it all went well. There were some good scenery
and good food such as the authentic Luxembourg soup and bread. The fortress of
Luxembourg that sustained the attacks of Rome and many other wars was
astonishing to see, with multiple layers of defense system protecting the inner
city of the fortress with church, hospital and living houses. After all, Yoong and
I had the best rewarding moment for our dinner, by buying a whole roasted
chicken in a supermarket and bring it to Five Guys, and eating sneakily with
one large fries and free peanuts and different sauces. It was really good and
very rewarding. Overall, it was very satisfying experiences in two very
different cities.
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