Brussels, Belgium - July 13, 1991  I stayed at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels, Belgium during my trip to Europe in the summer of 1991.  This was certainly quite a luxurious joint.  I wasn’t exactly expecting to stay at such a fancy hotel.  It was my mother who took care of my travel arrangements being that she worked at a travel agency back then and she wanted me to have the best, as any good mother would.  My Club Med T-shirt and jeans may have been a bit too casual for this classy place.