Why? It is because as I was skimming and old magazine that was underneath yesterday's 'Le Figaro', France's own "New York Times" I found an article about spending 48 hours in this capital city in Europe.
---Last time I was in Bruxelles, not to mention the one and only time...it was drizzling and awefully cold. We made the best of it by eating out at a grand resto with loads of mint tea and tartes, but I missed out on one of the greatest places to visit apparently....COOK AND BOOK
(please click and visit that site now! well, after you read :)
---Cook & Book is located on 1, place du Temps libre in Brussels, BE. The street name is so fitting! 'du temps libre' literally means, 'some free time' for you will want heaps of it when you visit! Cook & Book is in fact, nine bookshops and restaurants under two roofs.
---Each bookshop has a theme: travel, graphic novels, lifestyle, art, music, fiction, cookery, and there is even an English shop...you can't miss it, it's decor is 100 percent inspired by the UK flag!
---Within each themed room there is a different dining experience. For example, in the lifestyle section you can browse the gardening books and then dine on pasta inside a greenhouse. Or, sip coffee in a converted Airstream trailer in the travel section.
---The décor and attention to detail is unusual and inspired, from the paperbacks hanging from the ceiling in the fiction shop, to the beautifully chic cocktail bar in the music shop.
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