Weekend trip to Belgium

Over the weekend Colin and I packed our bags and went to Belgium! It was like being in wintry wonderland of Candy Land. We spent one day in Brussels, and one day in Brugge, and in both cities every other store window showcased world famous Belgian chocolate. If the chocolate wasn't enough to temp us in, the warmth (high of 29 while we were visiting) made the shops irresistible.

We indulged in a few decadent desserts at Wittamer, where the Belgian royals order their chocolate.

We ducked into another chocolate shop, or two, or more... in Brugge.

We saw the site in Brussels:

I've been saying since we came to Europe that I wanted to visit Belgium for the waffles :) #worththetrip

We went to a cool instruments museum. We also considered going to the renowned art museum, but in the end we felt more comfortable with the grade school kids listening to music :)

Brugge is called the Venice of the north, and we loved walking along the cobblestone streets, frozen river, and into old churches. Brugge is the quintessential European city, and we soaked up it's charm like the young romantic Americans that we are.

We were also lucky enough to be hosted by a couch surfer. Our host was out of this world. He helped us find out way around, gave us great recommendations, and took us on a beautiful, 15.5 kilometer run though the forest. 

Sunrise just before lacing up

Home stretch

While the wintry blanket of snow was fun for a few days we were happy to come back to Madrid, where today it was 56 and sunny :)