Bruges, Belgium, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg and Paris, France

Bruges, Belgium
After discussions with fellow travelers in Amsterdam, we decided to change our Belgium destination from Brussels to Bruges and it worked out great.  We stayed with a 25-year old guy named Pieter in what was a traditional Belgian home just outside the city, very cool.  He was an awesome guy that we got along with very well.  He gave us bikes to use for the days and nights for transportation which was very convenient for such a small city.  We spent the majority of our time exploring on the bikes and even went for a day trip to a small town just outside of Bruges.  Pieter was busy studying for an exam on the Friday, the day we were planning to leave, so we decided to extend our stay a night and celebrate him finishing his exams and my own birthday.  We had a barbecue with some of his friends and hit the town for a night out.  Pieter wasn't strict on curfew so we returned to his residence by 5 am after a very fun night out.

Our host Pieter

Pieter´s friend Kelly

The Birthday Boy outside Bruges

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Luxembourg was another interesting experience, although we figured we would've been satisfied with just spending the day there instead of 2 nights.  It was very weird (and inconvenient) that everything closed so early and made it difficult to find food the first night. We eventually hit rock bottom and found our way to the golden arches in desperation. We spent our time walking around the city and exploring the underground tunnels where they hid their entire city during major wars.

Luxembourg City

Paris, France
In Paris, we stayed in another AirBNB with Isabel who was nice but basically met with us once, gave us the keys to her apartment and we never saw her again.  Our time here was rushed but we got to see some of the major attractions.  Our first was the catacombs where over 6 million skeletons were transferred to an underground necropolis from other cemeteries.  All of the skeletons were arranged in these underground tunnels in an artistic manner.  It was kind of a creepy place but very neat (worth the 2 hour wait). We also visited Notre Dame Cathedral which was an incredible structure.  Then the grand finale of Paris was of course the Eiffel Tower.  We booked online which allowed us to skip a massive lineup (est. 2 hours) and walk right into the elevator going up.  From there, we bought tickets to the summit where we looked around the city from 282 metres in the air.  It was gorgeous at night with all the lights lit up.
 Kevin