{"id":3039,"date":"2011-10-18T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2011-10-17T03:38:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T07:38:12","slug":"brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels &#8211; Definitely More Than Just Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the places I thought I&#8217;d might not see again is Belgium &#8211; not because it isn&#8217;t beautiful, with great food and culture, but because our &#8220;must visit&#8221; list is getting longer and longer. Taking advantage of a free half day after a work conference, my colleague Corianna and I set out for a bike tour, brews and views before returning to the land of the desert.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3039 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate\/img_4167\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4167-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3044\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3044'>\n\t\t\t\tOn our bike tour, stop #1 was the Mannekin Pis\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate\/img_4169\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4169-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3045\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3045'>\n\t\t\t\tLook, we&#8217;re really there!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate\/img_4176\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4176-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3046\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3046'>\n\t\t\t\tBesides an unfortunate spill on my part, the bike tour was full of lovely moments like this park\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate\/img_4181\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4181-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3047\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3047'>\n\t\t\t\tThe many languages of the European Union\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate\/img_4187\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4187-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3048\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3048'>\n\t\t\t\tWe clearly were not prepared for the insane amount of food we ordered for lunch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate\/img_4193\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4193-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3049\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3049'>\n\t\t\t\tA presidential palace, but no one was home\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate\/brussels\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"148\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Brussels-e1318834946517-150x148.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3061\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3061'>\n\t\t\t\tNothing but the best designer chocolate to bring home to Brian w\/Pierre Marcolini\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/brussels-definitely-more-than-just-chocolate\/img_4206\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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