Eurotrip, Part Deux

On the third day, we woke up early and readied ourselves to go to the convention. We had asked the concierge at our hotel how to get to the expo, and he told us to take the tram 23 to Heizel. We assumed that we had to go through Gare du Midi to get there. So we took tram 55 to Gare du Midi, where we switched trams to 23 to Heizel. It took us a little over an hour to get to the Expo. By that time it was raining hard, and since we didn't have an umbrella, we had to run all the way to the Expo building, which was pretty far from the stop. The first day of the Expo saw very few people, and we were able to finish two of the five buildings. There was quite a lot to see there, but we hadn't met anyone we knew yet. At around 5pm, a lot of exhibitors started closing up, and we finished up going through the second building. We took the tram 23 at around 6pm back to Gare du Midi, where we had dinner at Quick, which is similar to McDonald's. They had a lot of branches everywhere. The food was pretty good, and the fries were a lot better than McDonald's. After dinner, we took the 55 back to Verboekhoven and our hotel. We were pretty tired by then, and went to sleep soon after.

On the fourth day, we found out that there might be a faster way to get to the Expo, so we took the tram 81 from Gare du Midi instead of tram 23, and managed to get to the Expo in only half an hour. Much better time than the day before. We were proud of ourselves. That day, we managed to go through two more buildings, and half of the last one. Around lunch time, we met Anthony, one of our ink suppliers, with whom we were very well-acquainted. He was heading over to another supplier's booth, who invited him for lunch, and he invited us to go along. Since we also knew that supplier, and recently bought a lot from them, we agreed. We met Benjamin, from that supplier, there, and he invited us to the top of their booth (their booth was pretty big, and had two floors, the second of which was filled with tables and sofas for chatting and eating) for lunch. We were happy for the respite, as our feet were hurting, and we were hungry. We had packed our own lunch using the bread we had for breakfast, but we were content with their food. He offered us soft drinks and sausages, which were really good. And he even told us to leave our stuff with him so we didn't have to carry so much weight with us while we walked (I was carrying my camera bag, and a tote bag to carry all the brochures, while my dad had a backpack with our important documents and a large bottle of water). After we had finished walking through the Expo, we went back to get our stuff, and had a chat with Benjamin. He gave us more pop, and more sausages, but he himself was pretty sick of them, as that was all he had everyday. He offered us lunch everyday if we wanted to drop by his booth, and we could rest there too, if we wanted. We thanked him and left for home, using tram 81 to get back to Gare du Midi, where we had dinner at Sbarro, then took tram 55 back to Verboekhoven.