Montreal 2018: Parlez-vous francais? - Day 9: A Day Trip In Brussels

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Originally Posted by Goldia

I'm glad you made the most of your surprise trip to Brussels, you managed to have both chips and mayo and a waffle. Brilliant!

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Probably not the healthiest of food choices but when in Rome (well Brussels ...)

Originally Posted by LuvPluto

You seem to have made the most out of your unexpected stopover in Brussels. Yes, (well in my experience) Primark is always like that. Unfortunately for me my DD loves the shop Not sure about chips and mayo but the waffles look yummy.
Hope you are now safely home

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We have an enormous Primark opening here this Spring - I imagine it will be popular. They have spents about 2 years renovating the building!

Originally Posted by jocat

Well I can think of worse places to be stuck overnight. It looks a lovely place.

Chips have to come with ketchup for me, but I have friends that would snap you hand off for chips and mayo!

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It is a very pretty city but dare I say it quite dull! Also I felt very conscious of my bag (like I did around the Eiffel Tower or Las Ramblas).

I have to admit also to being more a ketchup girl but I can manage mayo when tradition dictates!

Originally Posted by OB1LukeLucas

Your unexpected bonus trip day report for us looks great. Some lovely photos of Brussels, what I wouldn't do for those chips & mayo...waffles look amazing too! Air Canada have looked after you, I hope you get your flight home without anymore delays.

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I can't fault Air Canada. They had a lot of passengers to deal with and the fact the airport had been closed due to snow the day before wasn't helping them find new flights!

Originally Posted by Jake71

Brussels looks lovely, not a bad place to spend some time on your way home, although I'm sure you would have rather been at home. Good that Air Canada had it all sorted for you, even if it wasn't quite ideal.

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As places go to spend an unexpected stopover it was fine I was happy that the airline was so efficient! Bad enough to be stranded without having to manage what to do as well!

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Well, 1 out of 2 ain't bad.

Frites - oui, mais Tintin - non.

I've only been to Brussels once, for a wedding in Ixelles. I was very impressed by the underground rocade - but we missed the Manneken-Pis.

It somehow feels like we didn't really go to Brussels because of that...as it was the first thing everyone asked about when we got back!

"But did you see the pi**ing statue?"

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Originally Posted by GopherLass

Well, 1 out of 2 ain't bad.

Frites - oui, mais Tintin - non.

I've only been to Brussels once, for a wedding in Ixelles. I was very impressed by the underground rocade - but we missed the Manneken-Pis.

It somehow feels like we didn't really go to Brussels because of that...as it was the first thing everyone asked about when we got back!

"But did you see the pi**ing statue?"

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It really isn’t worth the effort! I don’t feel the need to go back and generally I like cities!