I'm aware that it is a blog about Amsterdam life. But I'm not finished with my trip to Belgium. Plus it is all BENELUX anyway, so if you experience the NE, you may as well experience the BE and the LUX part. (though ive nothing to say about the LUX today)

Before returning to Amsterdam my cousins asked if I've ever been to Waterloo. Talk about a famous name... wherever you grew up.. you've probably heard this name at one point or another. One reason could be the very famous battle between Napoleon and the Prussian/Russian/Dutch/British/Everything else armies. When their leader, some guy by the name of Wellington, held off Napoleon, got a lion momument buit in memory of the battle, and went on to have a beef dish named after him.

I kid.. but for many it is no joking matter. Especially those guys who dress up in the old uniforms and march around Waterloo. Reminds me of the civil war re-enactments in the United States. It's like some kind of fettish.

I digress... I went to Waterloo and I didn't joke about it while I was there. I swear.