My power plug didn't work at the wonderful hotel I was staying.. when I looked up the various plugs for Europe, I was convinced I needed a type E europe plug, and decided to seek out the expert advice from Mobile City near the Grand Place Bruxelles.
What a pleasant surprise! I met with the owner, and he assured me my plug for Europe with the two prongs would indeed work, and he patiently waited for me to produce my plug, and he tried it by plugging it into his wall socket -- and I plugged the end into my phone. It was charging! Of course it did. There must have been something wrong with the hotel's plugs..
I was a bit flustered because it had taken me quite a while to reach his store from the hotel, walking and searching and looking at Google Maps, while my phone was nearly out of battery!! So we sat and talked about life, our children, and the world.
When I wanted coffee, this nice man suggested the fantastic shop Corica, which is a gem, around two corners away, about 5 minutes walking. I brought back coffee and we enjoyed it together.
This charming and interesting man was kind and directed me exactly to my train station at Midi, and from there I was quite relaxed finding my way to the train to Brugge, my next stop on my travels.
The next time I'm in Bruxelles, I will stop into the Mobile Shop near the Grand Place, to say hello, bring coffee, and hope to find the owner of shop well and in good spirits, to hear all in his life are doing very well. read more