Brussels and NATO

A busy week ... not necessarily a bad thing but I will be catching up for a couple of days. I flew to Brussels, arriving Monday AM. I was booked into a very nice hotel, Conrad Brussels, that was a few minutes walk from the Grand Place. The arrival Monday was a bit of a challenge as there was a general strike in Belgium and most public transportation was closed. National trains, local trains,, trams and most buses were not operating so there were a lot more cars on the road so traffic was nuts. The rest of the week was fine though - weather was good, no rain at least or not when I was out, and work was great. The presentation to NATO went very well and I had lots of people track me down to discuss things over the day and the following day.

Brussels is a wonderful city, lots of interesting architecture, history, good restaurants and good beer :-) I did get to walk around a bit Monday and then again Wednesday late afternoon so of course took a few pictures. Most of them were around the city center and the Grand Place. I did get to use the train system for doing some getting around as well but did not have my camera with me then. I did get to go out and do some chocolate shopping :-) and Tika, Kris and Sam did appreciate that.

It is nice to be back but I look forward to going back to Brussels again some time.

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