I’ve been living in Limburg,Belgium the entirety of my 37 year existence. I’ve been to places all over the world but never have I ever really visited Brussels (besides Manneken Pis and the grote markt). In my head Brussels always had this dark, sad, busy, uninviting atmosphere to me.

Today I had a date in the Dansaert area, went for a nice lunch and then hung around the general area of the St. Catherine church. Christmas markets just opened up so it smelled awesome and the atmosphere was great.

I was blown away by how cozy it was, how freaking nice people were and just how beautiful it was. I had such an amazing time and I kind of feel ashamed how I thought about our capital city before today.

I drove through Danseart, Molenbeek, Schaarbeek, I loved it all.

I can’t wait to go back and explore more. I 100% know there’s bad areas, but that’s just general big city problems.

Bruxelles ma belle, I fell in love with you today and I will be visiting you as much as I can.