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hestia8This weekend Crishna and I went off to Brussels for a short trip and we had an EXCELLENT time. We went on the Eurostar (always a win) so it took just two hours to get there (I really love the Eurostar, people). In a lot of ways Brussels is a fairly typical European city, in that there are a lot of old tall narrow buildings, a whole heap of churches and a massive pile of chocolate to be had (SO MUCH chocolate).
We stayed at the Pantone Hotel (www.pantonehotel.com/), which is a decent hotel if you're on a low-budget but you want an interesting concept. Pantone are the people who standardise colour swatches for manufacturers. They also make a range of home products such as mugs and coasters and pots and all sorts of things I really want to own :D (I bought two little flowerpots and a card holder at the hotel and it was a strain not to buy more, haha!).
The hotel decor is mostly white with splashes of colour, though there are some interesting touches like decoration on the ceiling:
Most of the actual Pantone stuff is in reception, which is a bit of a shame as I was quite looking forward to a room filled with Pantone branding.
I'd booked an extra-large room as that way we got a balcony or terrace (turned out we got TWO balconies, woo yay!) which meant we got a fantastic view over the city:
More photos to come later of the Atomium, other bits of Brussels and some of the stuff I bought.
We stayed at the Pantone Hotel (www.pantonehotel.com/), which is a decent hotel if you're on a low-budget but you want an interesting concept. Pantone are the people who standardise colour swatches for manufacturers. They also make a range of home products such as mugs and coasters and pots and all sorts of things I really want to own :D (I bought two little flowerpots and a card holder at the hotel and it was a strain not to buy more, haha!).
The hotel decor is mostly white with splashes of colour, though there are some interesting touches like decoration on the ceiling:
Most of the actual Pantone stuff is in reception, which is a bit of a shame as I was quite looking forward to a room filled with Pantone branding.
I'd booked an extra-large room as that way we got a balcony or terrace (turned out we got TWO balconies, woo yay!) which meant we got a fantastic view over the city:
More photos to come later of the Atomium, other bits of Brussels and some of the stuff I bought.
