A short trip to Brussels

The reason for this little trip was a conference in Brussels. Besides many meetings during the 2 days I had a few hours off and took the chance to do some shopping and strolling through the town. Weather was nice, but you feel it gets pretty chilly already in the late afternoon hours. I will spare you with the typical sightseeing attractions as the grand market, Manneken Pis, etc. I didn't had the chance to look at all this with sufficient musing as I was still equipped with the PC & paper and sat down in a nice old restaurant/cafe near the center (Falstaff) to some homework while enjoying a good cup of cappuccino.
On the way back to the hotel I could not resist to shop, putting on some dresses and eventually found some stuff  that was nicely reduced and looked fine at an Esprit store. Then, I was in the mood to dig even further into the town center and to my delight found a shop of La Cure Gourmante, the favorite chocolate and sweet shop in France of my wife & me. The items are lovely presented and taste good, too. Below I placed some pics that give you an impression:

My favorites there are the olives, they look almost real and contain amandels coated with chocolate. You simply have to taste it! Second are the nougats in different tastes and compositions.

O.K., as I am gaining weight while writing all this I continued my little stroll and entered one of the restaurants at the food mall in the pedestrian area (too my opinion completely overpriced, but cozy at least). Funnily, I had the chance to found another presentation of Manneken Pis which made me smile....;-)

As my flight next morning was scheduled to depart at 6.00 a.m. I decided to call it a night now and moved back to my hotel to dig in my little nest.