Mary

The window display at this shop wasn't as over the top as some of the others, but they did sell the single best thing I ate in Brussels: see those large round chocolate objects in front? Up close they look sort of like Mallomars. And in fact, they are Mallomars -- that is, if Mallomars were made with butter cookies and homemade marshmallow and dipped in fine Belgian chocolate.

I bought a bag as a gift, and then an extra for myself just to try them, and the fact that I landed at Heathrow with the bag of cookies intact shows that I am capable of more self-discipline than I sometimes give myself credit for.

Also, that it was a very short flight.