Grand Place
Brussels was a very small city, totally see-able in 1 day. Just hit the major sites around the old town. Before we headed over to the Grand Place, we had to try a belgium waffle. The waffle was good, I should have splurged a little and added some toppings. We walked to the Grand Place and the buildings were quite magnificent. There seemed to be a stage set up for a concert that night, which totally blocked my pictures. After gawking at the Grand Place, we went to look for the Mannequin Pis around the corner. They`ve totally exploited this little fountain of a boy peeing, with a bar named after it on the corner, chocolates, candies, and cork screws in the shape of it. It`s a pretty funny statue, that has several different costumes that they dress him in every year.
Grand Place, Cathedral
We actually saw some of the costumes on display in the city museum. There`s an Elvis, Samurai, Mickey Mouse, and a lot of other costumes. After the Mannequin Pis we went to look for the girl version, Jeannke Pis. It`s a statue of a little girl squatting into the foutain, however the fountain was gated up and not working so it wasn`t as nice. Then we went to the chocolate museum and learned the secret to Belgium Chocolate. Had some free samples of chocolate and they showed us how to make prailines. Just wandered around the city, walking through the streets. Ended the day with some mussels and beer at one of the restaurants.
*I`m so behind on this blog and none of the computers will let me upload pictures. Sorry.
