Le Grand Place

Coolest thing in Brussels so far, I've been there twice in the last 24 hours. Here are some pictures of the medieval center of the city, by day and by night.

I <3 L'Environment

Brussels is very eco-friendly. For example:

• The escalators don't run all the time. They have sensors that make the escalators start to ... escalate when you walk up to them.
• You have to sort your trash. Plastics and glass in one bag. Everything else in another bag.
• The grocery stores don't bag your groceries. You either bring your own bag or buy shopping bags for 10 cents each.
• The lights in my hall and stairwell are never on ... you have to walk around in the dark until you find the lightswitch. It's fun.
  

Brussel Sprouts and Belgian Waffles

Bonjour!! I made it to Brussels and I can't believe it's already my third day here. Currently, I am at work. I came early today and talked to Cam for an hour on skype ... so good! Then I researched flight ticket prices for the conference I am attending in July... it's in ROME. I work in a house the Church is renting; my boss doesn't have an office (he is a banker and manages this NGO from home in his spare time), and the Romneys (my new best friends) have an office here. The house is over 100 years old and hyper-cool [eepere - cool].

It's also only like 5 blocks away from my flat... score! I'm living in an apartment building in central Brussels with two other girls from BYU. Our flat is tiny but cute, and the money I'm saving by splitting the rent three ways makes sleeping on an air mattress seem like the best thing evvvver.

So far I've unpacked, gone to FHE, gone grocery shopping, gone to French class, met with my boss, slept for approximately 22 hours, gone to Lani's work and mooched off their wireless, blown out my alarm clock, agreed to play the piano for a baptism on Friday, ridden the train once, the metro 4 times and the bus once, and made plans for the weekend. More later!