Brussels : Out and about

Finally! A post on brussels which is suppose to be done more than a month ago!

Royal Palace of Brussels

The Kingdom of Belgium is crammed between The Netherlands, Germany and Frace, therefore, they speak all three Languages here. Belgium possessed a number of colonies in Africa, which therefore leads to the African population in Belgium.

Brussels is Capital of the country and is of course well known with its famous Belgian Chocolates. Here, Chocolate Boutiques are in abundance. Both which are local and international. Travelling by train from Amsterdam to brussels was easy peasy. they have a train that connects this two cities every hour and the ride was about 3 hours if I recall. It costed around 30€ per person for a one way trip.

Other than it's Glamourous chocolates and waffles, there are a few places to see th brussels. There was the Atomium and Mini Europe which I didn't go to because I did'nt have the time (also the moody cranky weather). It was also quite far away from the city. Mini Europe is a park with miniature models of famous sights in Europe, like the Eiffel tower, the Brandenburg Gate, the Acropolis and the Szechenyi bath. 

Royal Palace of Brussels

Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert

This 19th Century shopping arcade is still used till now. A vast difference from our modern malls, it was made to be more Gallery like. This is a roofed shopping lane with restaurants, chocolate boutiques, fashion and cafes. This leads to the main area which is in front of the Town Hall. 

Town Hall in daylight

The Famouse Peeing Boy.

Never have I met anything famous for peeing. And with all the hoolabaloo about it, Never would I have thought the size of this statues was so tiny.

Why is this Peeing Boy so famous you may ask? It had even been stolen so many times that they have now kept it in the Maison du Roi/Broodhuis. This 61cm, bronze Manneken Pis was a two year old Lord. His troops were battling against the troops of the Berthous.The infant Lord was put in a basket and hung on a tree to give his troops encouragement during the battle. And so to say that the little Lord peed on his enemies, did his troop won the battle.

Town Hall

The town Hall had a musical lighting display at night when we were having dinner. This was all I could capture because of the annoying waiter who spoke French just to annoy us. We were so dead hungry. We sat to have dinner at 8 and waited for 45 minutes between each course! I was so annoyed. My appertizer were 6 Oysters which I waited for almost an hour for and swollowed in less than 3 minutes, and my main course was grilled Salmon if I'm not mistaken, which took another 30 minutes and I ate in 15 minutes. Don't ever go to that seafood restaurant right on the main street. Along the seafood street they have better places to offer.