Moved To A New Hostel

I've finally found a permanent place to stay (I can't remember if I've already mentioned that) but it isn't available until the 24th of March so I'm staying in a hostel until then. The hostel I'm staying at now is pretty awesome, oh I just realized I never really said anything about the last hostel I was at.

The Grand Place Hostel was awesome, right in the middle of everything, and by everything I mean all the tourist-y crap, which don't get me wrong, was really nice. The hostel had just opened up, I'm pretty sure the day I arrived was it's first day open. It was about 20 yards from the Grand Place which is pretty much tourist central and about 300 yards from the Central Station which made getting to work ridiculously easy. There are pictures up on facebook so you can check it out if you like.

Anyway I moved to a new hostel on Sunday (the old one had a seven day maximum stay). This one is definitely not centrally located but in two days it's already given me such a different perspective on Brussels. It's in a much more residential area called Koekelberg. Again, it is ridiculously close to a metro station, about 90 yards down the block and it's right next to the Godiva factory/building. I've been told not to try Godiva as it is shit compared to any other Belgian chocolate, which based on the first impressions after a few samples is fabulous, chocoholics dream! Apparently pralines were invented in Brussels or Belgium, I can't remember. Here I get a free breakfast (toast, cereal, tea/hot chocolate) in the morning which has proved to be quite useful and economical. And there is a kitchen so I can cook myself dinner instead of going out to eat. I've been keeping track a bit of the difference in spending: (including the price of the hostel per night for each place) while I was staying at the first hostel I was spending about fifty euros per day. At the current hostel, I've gotten it down to about thirty euros per day. Epic savings win.