Do you like chocolate, french fries, beer and waffles? Then Belgium is for you.

But ya, there's not much else to say about Belgium.  I realize more and more that my mindset going into a place plays a HUGE part in my perception of it.  Not a huge fan of Barcelona.  Go figure.  

Have you every come to a place and realized that for this exact moment in your life THAT place is exactly where you need to be?  It encompasses all of your thoughts, your mod, your tastes, the sights, the smells, the attitude - everything that YOU currently ARE is what that PLACE has always  BEEN.  It's like a city soul-mate.

I found that place in Bruges.  It's a place to be quietly alone among like-minded travelers - not Americans, mostly Europeans.   Everyone rides bikes down the wrong side of the road - which could possibly be a metaphor for my life.

Its not too sunny, not too cold, not too big, not too small - and more than anything, everything is smothered in chocolate.

It's called the "Venice of the north" for a reason.

They even have statues to bicycles.