Travel with me abroad

Travel With Me Abroad

Hello to all. I’m very excited for the opportunity to share my upcoming adventures through Themetrip. In the next couple of months my husband and I will be starting a new chapter in our lives with our big move to Brussels, Belgium.
A little about the upcoming blog and myself:
I love food! While eating breakfast I’m already talking about dinner. I will be posting notes and pictures of where we dine, what we eat and sometimes what I cook.
I love adventures! With my husband being in the Navy, we have had and have the ability to visit and experience places all over the world. I will post about our travels and experiences while living in Belgium.

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Goodie Box

2/27/2015

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I enjoy putting little goodie boxes together for friends and family. If you have not received one, don’t be mad. Let me share what goes into these little boxes.
Speculoos cookies. I call these breakfast cookies, because they go so well with coffee. The first time we had Speculoos cookies was right after we moved to Brussels. Our hotel had a nespresso machine and next to the nespresso machine were speculoos cookies. Just because we are out of the hotel doesn’t mean I can’t still have a cookie with my coffee… I decided to place a jar full of Speculoos cookies next to our coffee maker. It makes me happy. It’s official in this house they are breakfast cookies.
The second item that goes into the box is the Belgian Cuberdon candy. These little candies are weird. Cuberdon’s are in grocery stores, bakeries, restaurants, and coffee shops. They’re very popular in Belgium. There are many flavors to choose from, but I send the traditional flavor, which is raspberry. The candy is coned shaped. The Dutch call it Neus, which means nose. That’s funny. It’s chewy and does not have a strong raspberry flavor. Check out Belgian Cuberdon’s website for the history of the candy.
The last item placed in the box is chocolate. Not just any chocolate, but Galler Chocolatier or Neuhaus. Brussels has many chocolate shops and these two are our favorites! Last weekend when we went to the Galler Chocolatier shop we purchased a variety of chocolates. It’s really hard for me to have one piece of chocolate with out trying the others. So, I take a little bite of a few pieces when I want a piece of chocolate. Poor Adam, all of our chocolates have a bite missing from them. The amount of chocolate in this house in insane. I actually just gave Adam a huge bowl to take to work with him.
Too bad I couldn’t place a bottle of wine in the goodie box too. Everything listed goes great with red wine.

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Weekend Fun

2/17/2015

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We decided to check out an antique market on Saturday at Place du Grand Sublon. Wow, some of the booths had some really nice things. We didn’t really prepare for the rain, but it didn’t stop us from looking at every booth. I’ve noticed Belgians don’t really let the rain stop them from going out. Today, I went to the market in the rain and didn’t bring an umbrella. The umbrella is more of a pain to open and shut every time I have to make a purchase. I don’t see many people using umbrellas, unless it’s raining really hard.
After the antique market we went to a couple of chocolate shops. I’m becoming very picky when it comes to chocolate. We tried Patrick Roger’s chocolate shop first. Wow, not only is this chocolate very good, but the chocolate art is so neat to see. I highly recommend going online and checking it out. Patrick uses chocolate as his sculpting material.
We also went into a Galler Chocolatier shop. This is my favorite chocolate in Brussels! I purchase Galler chocolate at least once a week from the grocery store. I had no idea there was a shop in Brussels. When we went inside I told the saleswoman all about my chocolate purchases since we moved here and that Galler is my favorite. The saleswoman gave us a complementary chocolate of our choice and then we created a chocolate box to purchase. Before we left the saleswoman added a few more complementary chocolates to our bag. Galler Chocolatier is the best! Another good chocolate shop I can’t forget to mention is Nehaus Chocolate. Oooh, that chocolate is really good.
Before lunch we decided to walk to the Musical Instruments Museum. The building itself is a sight to see. It’s an Art Nouveau building. The museum has a free audio guide. The guide needs no assistance. Once it’s near an instrument with an audio sign the audio guide automatically plays a song from that instrument. It’s a fun way to tour the museum. As we toured I saw some people dancing, tapping their feet, and smiling. Adam and I even danced a little with some of the music. At the top of the museum there is a restaurant. The restaurant has amazing views. We wanted to have a glass of champagne, but realized if we wanted a view we would have to dine. Otherwise we would be at the high-tops in the bar area with limited views. I’m putting this restaurant on my list of places to dine. We shall go back.
We were both getting hungry and decided it was time for lunch. Adam found a brewery that he wanted to go to. It’s called Delirium Tremens Brewery. Before we moved to Brussels, I was able to find some of their beers in World Market. What a fun brewery. Heads up if anyone plans to go here, they do not serve food. You can purchase a bag of chips, and little items like that, but no meals. After two delicious beers Adam and I were feeling pretty good. The alcohol content in beers here are a lot higher than standard beers in the US.
Just a few blocks away we were able to eat at O’Reilly’s Irish Pub. All the TV screens had Rugby on. I don’t understand anything about that game.
Going to go eat a piece of chocolate now. Cheers!

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About Nakoma

I have always had a passion for Art. After attending five colleges (Navy families move…a lot) I earned my BA in Art History. I’m thinking our first few tours will be art, art, art and then food, food, food. I will post information about the tours we do.

Please note, that my blog posts will not be consistent. We have a very busy, and fun schedule ahead of us, that might limit my time to post.

For those who plan to follow, enjoy!

Cheers!