Food, Glorious Food.

After our busy day yesterday we decided to have a good sleep in this morning. Having travelled with Grigoria before, I should have known better than presume that we could miss breakfast!

Once we’d filled ourselves up sufficiently to the point of popping, it was time to check out from our wonderful hotel and walk off the breakfast in the Sablon squares. Unlike yesterday though the market was very busy as the good weather brought everyone outside.

Our first stop of the day was obvious really…it just had to be a chocolate shop! Under the pretext of wanting to buy something to bring back to the office Grigoria embarked on a spree!

First was Neuhaus http://www.neuhaus.be/ Grigoria’s favourite chocolate shop. 30 minutes, and three boxes of chocolate later, we moved to the more upmarket Pierre Marcolini http://www.marcolini.be/ to admire the view (chocolate of course) and purchase a box for our friends Olga & Geoff.

After completing the round of Chocolate shops, we headed to Le Pain Quotidien http://www.painquotidien.com/ for a final lunch.

Now that they have opened a branch in High Street Ken we have become regular patrons of the institution; although Grigoria still insists that the original Belgian cafes are a bit more special.

By the time we have finished our delicious lunch, and purchased some more chocolate based products, it was time to head to the Gare du Midi to catch our Eurostar home.