Buying bread from a man in Brussels, He was six-foot-four and full of muscle 🍞

A couple of days in Brussels with under 24 hours notice, what could possibly go wrong?

Setting the scene

Belgium wasn’t somewhere that was on my radar, but Skyscanner popped it up as a suggestion & it turned out to be a fantastic adventure! An incredibly fortuitous set of circumstances led me to having the opportunity to see the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on one of the evenings (more on that later in the post!) 🎹🎻

Modern Day Brussels

Brussels is the Capital of Belgium & plays host to elements of the European Parliament, the NATO headquarters, awesome Museums, Cathedrals, Art galleries & cool tourist sites. There is a real mixture of cultural influences within Brussels. There are all sorts of amazing foods & beers to try. I made a solid attempt at completing the culinary scene, however my waistline will never forgive me!

Story time 📔

When I was doing my obligatory Google search for things to get up to in Brussels, I spotted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra were playing 2 pieces, Dvorak9 & Elgar Violin Concerto. I really wanted to go, but it wasn’t exactly on Ticketmaster & the venue site wouldn’t translate into English. I managed to scrape by but ended up paying hundreds of euros & it turned out I had bought a premium champagne reception ticket. A humble guy from the hood, did what any guy from the hood should do, try to make the money back in complimentary booze! I must admit I felt a little out of my depth pre-show mixing with people who were most certainly not from the hood. However, the arts are for everyone & if anyone tells you differently, tell them to sling their hook. The concert was worth every penny 😊

The Brussels bar crawl was great fun, I am pretty confident when speaking to new people, but normally on holiday I just wander around with my head in the clouds, this is the first time I have went to a bar crawl type event. Everything was going so well until a French lad sank 20 Jagarbombs in one go, I often wonder how he is or even if he is still alive, he wasn’t looking too clever about 25 minutes later & that was the end of the bar crawl, photo below of the aftermath! 😂

In Brussels they have these mental trains that are double deckers, they are really cool & an ingenious solution. We need them in the UK, as I type this, sat cramped on a Cross Country train boiling alive 😂. Prime minister, get it sorted, we want double decker trains!

Photos from the trip 📸

  • Grand-Place Square
  • Random Cathedral
  • BOZAR Centre of fine arts
  • French lad post 20 Jagarbombs
  • Grand-Place Square
  • Leffe is a game changer
  • Random Cathedral
  • European Parliament
  • Brussels most famous photo bomber
  • European Parliament

Useful information 🧑🏼‍🎓

Public transport in Brussels was really great, although I walked most places, the buses, trams & trains were very regular! Some of the bars etc were expensive, but if you read the boards outside you can usually find cheaper local beers etc. If you go to an ‘Irish bar’ & buy a Heineken, you’ll get hit for a pretty penny, try the local stuff! Depending on the length of your stay, if you need to stock up on supplies, the Aldi’s there are banging! Much better than the UK 😂

Leffe is bloody strong, don’t drink it at the same pace you would drink a normal beer. You will end up being an absolute nuisance!

What is coming next? 🤔

Next up I will be posting about Bruges & then onto travel guides for some domestic places ahead of Summer! The UK is awesome when the sun comes out, for that whole week once a year. There will be a mini series on spots in the Peak District, then more historical places like Chester, Edinburgh & York. Would love to take any recommendations, if I can get there by bus, train or plane, I will go 🤠

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Author: Tyler the Tartan Traveller

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13 thoughts on “Buying bread from a man in Brussels, He was six-foot-four and full of muscle 🍞”

  2. That was a great read. I laughed out loud at the pic of the French lad after his shots. I’ve only ever tried shots once. That ended badly with me being found, by my step daughter, on the toilet in her house wearing nothing but lipstick 🙃

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Steve,
      The pub crawl was more of a relaxed trying different Belgian beers & learning about the history vibe, but the French guy thought it was more of a Magaluf vibe & decided he would bring the Magaluf to Belgium.

      Haha that really tickled me, I would be in perpetual hiding if that had happened to me 😂

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    1. Thanks for checking out my post, I am going to read yours now, thanks for sharing! 😊
      The concert was incredible, it was on for a couple of hours so worth every penny (especially when factoring the impressive performance I pulled out on the complimentary champagnes) 😂

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