What would you do if it's your last day...

[foxgrrl]

I have one day left in Belgium, before I return to the states. What should I do with it? I've already stomped all over Brussels and Leuven. I suppose I could go over to Gent, or Antwerp, or even visit Paris, FR or Amsterdam, NL. I'm tempted to just buy a ticket, and randomly jump on whatever train leaves next, and jump off wherever it looks interesting. (And I've consumed all the standard things one consumes in Belgium: Frits, Waffles, Chocolate, etc. I wanted to do something that does not have anything to any form of consumption.)

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[aatheus.livejournal.com]

Candles. Find an interesting shop, go in, and buy some interesting candles. Just because.

[theflamecrow.livejournal.com]

What, no latex? :P

[colubra.livejournal.com]

If you haven't hit an apt museum for it yet, take in a few Magritte canvasses in the flesh. I've always found that art I admire is stunningly different in person rather than in reproduction.

[foxgrrl]

According to a sign I saw while wandering around lost in Jette, I was 900m from the Magritte museum. I would have gone, but it was already 17:30 at the time.

[colubra.livejournal.com]

Sorry you missed it! :( That's about the #1 thing that makes me think about visiting BeNeLux: I haven't seen a Magritte in the flesh.

[ff00ff.livejournal.com]

Get on a train and don't stop until you can get the summer's last swim in the north sea.

[digitalsidhe.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the Atomium yet? If not, check it out! (If so, ignore my advice.)

[foxgrrl]

I've seen it from a distance, it was actually one of the things I was considering doing today.

[digitalsidhe.livejournal.com]

Hit it. Then read Charles Stross' Accelerando. (Particularly chapter 8, IIRC.)

[hep.livejournal.com]

i thikn you should do the just hop a train thing. my most fun times in europe were when we didnt go anywhere on purpose, just went exploring.

[baxil.livejournal.com]

I second this. The best touristing I've done has been off the beaten path.

[centauress.livejournal.com]

I'd go see the ocean and the huge constructs they've added across the bay lands. Or bug a real estate agent and tour some beautiful homes.