Belgium: chocolate, waffles, and beer.  Clearly, I had to visit.  After my week in the UK, I flew to Frankfurt and then made my way via Cologne and Amsterdam to Brussels - center of the EU and all sorts of international political groups.  It had the additional benefit on a chocolate museum.  Ultimately, that meant I went to Cadbury World, the Chocolate Museum in Cologne, and the Musée du Cacao et du Chocolat all within a few weeks.  I was a little burnt out on chocolate after that! (more…)