The tension this morning quickly evaporated from the night before. No use being aggravated about it when you're stuck together for another week. So off we went in search of breakfast. This time, I paid extra special attention to my map and the streets. And no, we have not been lost since. On our way to Grote Market we stopped off at a small patisserie and had chocolate croissants and coffee for breakfast. I was also able to locate a shop that sold buttons. ...

Today we went on a hop on hop off tour of Brussels. It rained... again. However, it had stopped just before we got on our bus and we were able to head off and see the sites. We passed Grand Place and saw the Chinese district and saw a nu,ber of parks and statues. But this was not the reason for our tour. No my friends, we had a specific goal in mind when we bought those tickets. We were going to the Atomium stop. Not to see the Atomium (a structure built t...

We walked the 12 blocks (the long way, we later discovered) to Grand Place and found they were setting up for a concert. We then did exactly as instructed by Steve/Dad and had fresh waffles with creme fraiche and melted Belgian chocolate. We sat on the sidewalk and watched all the people before continuing our stroll up and down the long narrow avenues. We then accidentally encountered Jana's main reason for being in Brussels, the Mannekin Pis (aside from the ...

When it rains in Finland, it pours...for days. And apparently bus drivers don't feel obligated to stop for you just because you are waiting at the correct stop. Due to these two facts we found ourselves walking about 3.5 km in a Finnish downpour to the Silja ferry terminal. We arrived 2 hours after we started our "swim" only moments before check in, soaked to the bone with dripping wet luggage and righteous anger, not having eaten in about 10 hours. A...

So this morning began w/our quest for sustenance. Should have been easy, turned out to be more difficult than expected. It took about 45 minutes for us to find a place that wasn't grease-ridden and then we found my personal culinary utopia.... SUBWAY!!!!! Let me just say, it was awesome. It was subway. I threw in the towel for this one meal and ditched the Scandinavian food and voted for Subway. I still had to figure everything out in Finnish but I got my m...