Lance is 24!

This weekend, we were supposed to fly to Scotland...all week we were planning on going. We even brought our packed bags to work on Friday, because we were supposed to leave straight from work. However, we found out an hour before that Lance had booked the tickets for the last weekend in March (whoops!); therefore, we wouldn't be spending his birthday in Edinburgh (bummer!).

 I had to scramble.

I didn't have any plans.  I decided we'd string it out into a weekend event.

Luckily, we're great friends with the people we work with, and the boys were going out for a boys night -  let Lance go have fun with them. 

The next day, Saturday, we slept in till 10, then rented bikes. We've been itching to rent these (1.50 euros per hour....pretty cheap!) since we got here -  I figured now would be the best time to do it...We rode all over Brussels... from the inner city, to downtown, to the park, through the Arab shopping district (and accidentally past the red light district. SICK! There should be a warning somewhere about this place!). The bike system is really cool here because there are kiosks that dot brussles where you can return them at will. 

We found a place near our favorite fritery downtown and indulged in the most amazing frites to ever exist  - Fritland - where Lance bought a heartattack  sandwich with meat, onions and frites on them, and since i was there, i HAD to go ahead and get some frites for myself. It WAS Lance's birthday...I didn't want to be rude :).

(not my images here - i forgot to take pictures)

 

(Fritland)

Next, we walked around the gorgeous Grand Place looking for "hot chocolate in a 'super legit, old building' with a fireplace with a real fire going" - exact request from the birthday boy. So, we went 'missioning' for said place. Luckily we found one, and the hot chocolate was fabulous.

Then we came home and watched movies for a while  - then he went and had another boys night with our friends.

Sunday, the actual day of his birthday, was a little uneventful. We went walking around Brussels because the sun was brightly shining (a rarity this time of year) and the temperature was tolerable. Then we came home, I made him Heather's yummy chicken pesto pasta (not as good as yours though!). For dessert I made brownies. He also had the option of sliced strawberries with nutella and icecream (obviously, he sprung for both. haha!)

 Thank goodness for the self-timer setting.

 (Below is the birthday dinner that almost was. It was di-sgu-sting.)

Over all, it was a lovely weekend. I have one last thing in store for him - i'll show pictures tomorrow. :) (good thing  i know he doesn't read my blog frequently!)