One-line summary: If you want to eat 'chocolate,' go to Belgium.
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The truth is, I'm not deeply versed in 'dessert.' I can't really eat dessert. It's probably because I'm not used to 'sweetness,' but even so, well, Belgium's chocolates captivated me with their 'color' and 'design.' The reason I felt relieved, stroking my chest in gratitude that I'm not a chocolate addict, is probably that the dessert shops in this small city called 'Brussels' were so very captivating and numerous. Seeing the 'diverse and beautiful dessert shops' breathed vitality into me from the very first city of the February trip.
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Sadly, because a suicide bombing terror attack occurred in Belgium, most of the places I went to will probably have 'flowers' placed there. Of course, the photos I'm posting this time are all just dessert photos, but the truth is, if someone asked whether I felt 'safe' in Brussels because of that, I think I'd say no. Even in early February when I went, there were aftereffects of the 'France terror attack,' and as it happened the place I was staying was a district densely populated with Muslim people, and at night strange people were just wandering around. Refugees—that is, on the streets there were many people living under blankets in 'family units.' But...at these chocolate shops there's none of that. They were all fine places.
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Honestly, some Korean desserts are tasty, but they're too expensive. Really..too expensive. In England a slice of cake was 2–2.2 pounds, so less than 4,000 won; in France about 3,000 won; in Spain it was at most 3,000 won. Espresso prices are needless to say..around 1.5 euros, so about 2,000 won. But coming to Korea and trying to eat the same thing at the same kind of cafe, it's too expensive to eat..Having to bear prices that come to over 10,000 won when added up, in developed countries where it didn't come to even 8,000 won added up, makes me tremble a little. Of course, if you go to Star** and order the smallest size of the coffee of the day and one ordinary cake, it'd come to about 8,000 won..tremble.. Basically, leaving aside the currency unit, the prices are a rip-off.
While wandering around there, even though it was Valentine's Day, the goods weren't tremendously expensive. What was really curious is that across Europe as a whole I felt the 'cost of living' is lower than or similar to Korea—the supposedly expensive Northern European prices are a little similar to Korea while being somewhat more expensive in some things, and the rest are similar to Korea or, in almost all cases, lower;; Beer cost less than 1,000 won, but in Germany..(this is why Germans drink;;) Finland too is said to worry because there are many alcoholics, but its domestic beer still didn't exceed 2 euros. So why is Korean beer so expensive in Korea!!
Rather than thinking that 'prices' will be expensive, if you travel while comparing with Korea, you'll find that when you eat as much as you eat in Korea the price difference isn't much, that wherever you go places using 'service' are expensive (which is why restaurants are expensive), and that raw ingredients are cheaper than in Korea, so cooking in a hostel kitchen or an Airbnb kitchen lets you eat for 1/3 the price (and more generous portions), and I close this piece urging that if you want to eat chocolate, definitely go to Belgium.
I do miss the chocolate. hahahahaha
But come to think of it, I'm not sure whether I'll go to Belgium again. I'll write about Ghent in the next story, but Brussels itself really had nothing to see. I'll post the Grand-Place photos in the next post, but that's all there is, and Ghent is far more impressive. Bruges I can't really evaluate since I didn't go, but generally everyone was satisfied. If I get the chance I'd go, maybe for something like a honeymoon?
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