When we first arrived in Brussels we really didn’t know what to expect. Our first impression was that it was just a dirty city with not much to see. We later found out that our hostel was located in not the best part of town and there was much more to see in the nicer part of Brussels.
We stayed in this hostel in Brussels for 3 nights. Hostels are definitely going to be a new thing for me to get used to. There were six of us total and we all stayed in one room and slept in homemade bunk beds. I got to look up at a screw coming out of the ply wood every night I went to bed. We did have a kitchen, which made us be able to save some money and cook in every night.
While in Brussels, the first day and half we just wandered around the town exploring all it had to offer. Our first stop of course was getting a Belgian waffle, which was DELICIOUS. We got to see Grand Place, the Royal Palace, many gorgeous churches, and Manneken Piss, which is something I don’t see why people make a huge deal out of since it’s just a fountain of a tiny boy statue peeing.
The final day in Belgium we decided to take a train to Brugge, which was a cool old medieval town. We finally got our Belgian chocolate there that we have always talked about getting and it was definitely well worth it.
From Brussels, we had to fly back to Copenhagen before we could take a train back to Aarhus. We ended up having a 12 hour layover between our flight and our train, so we got to spend the day in Copenhagen. Copenhagen is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. We got to the famous little mermaid statue and the well known canal, which was my absolute favorite. The sun was actually out for the first time in awhile, so we got to get some amazing pictures. We will definitely be back in Copenhagen for other layovers between trips and I cannot wait to see it again.
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To find out more about the Walton college exchange program in Aarhus, visit http://studyabroad.uark.edu/exchange/wcobaarhus/
