What is it about Chinese restaurants being located right next to … shall we say, unsavory shops of a sexual nature?

I think I walked through the red light district today right after visiting a huge church. Location is everything, I suppose. I was walking through a street with a few Chinese shops and restaurants (Amsterdam Chinatown is in that area ( Read more... )

First things first: I bought my train tickets for a day trip to Brussels. Wooooo. I have plans to visit the Cantillon brewery, which makes some lambics.

Some observations:

• People here are ridiculously tall. They tower above me. I feel incredibly short.
• It rains a lot. But not all the time. There were at least two periods of bright sunshine before ( Read more... )