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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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Brussels Christmas Market

12/4/2014

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I brought a big bag so I could place all my purchases in.  I was so excited!  We started at Saint-Catherine and when we came out of the metro station we were smack dab right in the middle of the action! Christmas Lights everywhere, smells of warm waffles would drift passed our noses and seeing all the decorations made me smile.  The market was lined with little huts that had fake snow on the roofs.  Each hut had a seller. My friend and I purchased items from the first two huts we visited.  Afterwards we walked a little more and then Adam got us mulled wine.  Yummy!  It had cinnamon and apples in it.  It warmed my body up.  I was thinking the huts would be full of Christmas items.  Nope, I was wrong. The huts had jewelry, soaps, sweaters, hats, little crafts and lots of food, wine, beer and my favorite champagne with oysters.  I say champagne and oysters are my favorite, but I have yet to try it.  It’s so cold! I keep telling myself when we go to the local market this Saturday I’m going to try it no matter how cold it is. By the way, it’s only getting colder.  Today is a high of 34 degrees. 

Back to describing the market.  In the area of Saint-Catharine’s Christmas market there was a gigantic Farris-wheel, and a carrousel.  This carrousel was like no other carrousel I have seen.  It was so unique, it had a steampunk style.  We saw a few more during the night.  They were all different, but had the same style.

After Saint-Catherine, we walked towards the Grand-Place. During our walk, we passed more and more Christmas huts, carrousels, and a church that had a fantastic light show.  We were getting a bit chilly so we decided to take a break and ate at this little Indian restaurant. 

After dinner we walked up to the Grand-Place. We were a bit worried because this was the first time we were squeezing through people.  When we finally shoved our way left and right it opened up to the huge Grand-Place!  We figured out that the light show just ended and people were leaving onto the thin street that we were coming in on.  THIS WAS AMAZING! A 15 minute light show with beautiful music.   I felt like a kid again!

We hope to go to more Christmas markets this month.   When we do, I will post all about them. There is one not too far from us that takes place in caves.  It’s called Les Grottes de Wonk.     


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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. 


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    Cheers!  

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