Brussels

Our family is the dark chinese family on the tour. Haha. Not really, but occasionally it seems that way. While we were taking a taxi around London, we were chatting with the driver. It was the six of us (my siblings, parents, cousin Cheryl and I) and we were just asking him what sites he would recommend, places to shop, and restaurants to eat at.



"What's some English food that we should be trying?" we'd ask.



"Well, if you're able to remember, I'd recommend a good place to get some good mash and fish and chips in the morning. But they're closed now. We have a great little China town with good Chinese food. I can show you where."



"Are there any other places open right now to get some fish and chips?"



"Not that I can think of. But I can show you where China town is if you like."



Haha. I forget how the conversation went but it seemed he kept trying to steer us to go to China town. Hahaha. Despite this, the few taxi drivers in London we were able to speak to were pretty cool. London, in general, is way overpriced from what we saw, though. The taxi driver was saying he laughs at us Americans when we complain about paying $2 a gallon for gas. They pay about 3-4 pounds a gallon or so for gas. The conversion rate is roughly 1 pound for every 2 US dollars, so that comes out to like $6-8 per gallon. Absoultely ridiculous.



Anyway. I haven't blogged since my first London stopover I think. Since then, we've spent a full day in Amsterdam, a full day in London, and now we're here in Brussels. I had a belgian waffle. Pretty good. Haven't had belgian chocolate yet and it doesn't look like I'm going to get to try it unless I come back on my own. I have to get up in about 6 hours so we can head off to Switzerland.



Hm. So I sort of stole this Internet time, too. They're not very bright. They have this glass case with the cards with passcodes on them for Internet access. I memorized the top card and jumped online. Haha. I'm not about to pay 10 Euro for 45 minutes of Internet time. That's crazy talk. But yes. I'm going to sign off now. Ciao.