Thursday, 30 May 2013

Brussels



My best friend Emily came to visit London!  We only spent a couple of days in London and she had already seen the major sights, so we did a little shopping, pub trivia and saw the musical Once.  But then we took the Eurostar to spend 3 days in Brussels. 
 
The Grand Place - it rained a lot while we were in Belgium!


In the evening the rain stopped and we got some great night pictures.
 

 
Park du Cinquantenaire - a really nice urban park.  While we were there, they were setting up for a Renaissance fair so there were some interesting characters wandering around in costumes.  Sorry I didn't get any good pictures of that!

 
They have a thing for Smurfs in Belgium - we saw them in the windows of several shops, candy shops and this nice statue. 

A photo montage of Brussels isn't complete without Mannekin Pis - the unofficial mascot of the city. 
We also visited the City Museum where they keep a collection of over 1000 costumes for the statue.  It is considered a diplomatic gift from other countries and important people to give Brussels for Mannekin! 
 
 

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