Wij komen naar België!

As all you Dutch/Flemish readers out there already know, we're headed to Belgium! We leave this Wednesday, right after we drop Panda off at the doggie resort. (From the website it seems like way more fun than a normal kennel. She'll be staying on an island in the Seine!) Due to Armistice Day, which is a jour ferié (state holiday) in France, Maggie has no classes Wednesday through Friday this week, so she's not missing too much. And now that I've been researching consistently for six weeks, I feel like I can afford to take a break too.

Here's our itinerary:

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Wednesday night, we'll stay in Lille. Thursday night, we'll stay in Bruges. Friday and Saturday nights, we'll be in Brussels, and we'll return Sunday afternoon. We already have couchsurfing hosts lined up in each city, and we're looking forward to making new friends.

Due to the last-minute nature of this trip, we haven't really had time to plan out what we'll do in each city. Let us know if you have any suggestions - things to see, to do, to eat, things we absolutely shouldn't miss or things we absolutely should.

We can't wait to tell you all about it when we get back!