Day 7 (December 23)



The Royal Snail

Today, we woke up at 9:00 A.M and packed up our stuff. We checked out of our room at The Hotel Dukes' Palace, and called two taxis to take us over to our new hotel, The Royal Snail. Once we arrived at 10:00 A.M, we all headed down to the hotel's breakfast bar and got some food. Yuval got some scrambled eggs and sausage, Trevor got chocolate pancakes and bacons, Pierce got a honey glazed croissant and sausage. Max and Will got French toast and eggs. Once we ate our fulfilling breakfast, it was 10:30 A.M. We settled in our room and then called two taxis and drove over to The Grotte La Merveilleuse (Natural Environment).

Grotte La Merveilleuse

We arrived at around 11:00 A.M. When we descended into the cave, it was a breathtaking sight. There were white stalactites and stalagmites scattered everywhere. Surprisingly, there weren't many people in our tour group so we were able to take our time and explore. We saw huge rock curtains and beautiful waterfalls. We learned that this cave was used as refugee during WWII. It was discovered during road construction. Adolphe Sax was presumably born in the cave. Also, jazz concerts used to be held in the place. It was a beautiful environment, but the only thing that stumped us was that there wasn't much to do when we reached the end of the cave.  

FIFA 16

We left at around 3:00 P.M, and headed back to our hotel. We all decided to play FIFA 16 on Yuval's PS3. We made a little tournament system in our room. We all took turns playing against each other. The best match was when Max and Will were 2-1 and in the last minute Will scored a goal from across the field. It tied the game and Max was so angry. He was yelling so loud that the people next to us had to knock on our door and tell us to keep it down. By the time we were all burned out of FIFA, it was 5:00 P.M. It was time for our biggest dinner of the trip at Le Pre Sale.

Moules & Frites

Once we called the two taxis and drove over, it was 5:30 P.M. When we were seated everyone decided to get a unique food to Belgium.  Its called Moules & Frites (Indigenous Meal). The meal consists of Mussels and French Fries. It unique to the country because it originated in Belgium and they claim to be the birthplace of French Fries. This meal is served around the world, and is mostly popular in France and northern Europe. We all thought the meal was very delicious and filling. After dinner at 7:00 P.M, we called two taxis and went back to the hotel. We all got ready for bed and watched some more Family Guy Season Five. We said our goodnights and went to bed.