On Saturday we had breakfast in the old town area then went on a hop-on-hop-off bus tour of the city and saw all the sights. In the evening we had some drinks at different places, one where Josh tried one each of the different types of beers. We went once again to the street with all the seafood restaurants on and enjoyed Lobster for dinner - yum!
Antonium - designed like the atom! We went inside and went up to the top part and got great views of the city
Going up and down the sections
The European Sector:
Headquarters of the European Union, they where having a meeting there on the Monday so on Sunday the police where blocking all the roads off with barbed wire fences!!
Originally built to be the World Trade Towers
Chips that you can buy in the street - all wrapped in newspaper, a nice treat for lunch on Saturday!
Dinner on Saturday night - down the street that sells all the Seafood.
Headquarters of the European Union, they where having a meeting there on the Monday so on Sunday the police where blocking all the roads off with barbed wire fences!!
Originally built to be the World Trade Towers
Chips that you can buy in the street - all wrapped in newspaper, a nice treat for lunch on Saturday!
Dinner on Saturday night - down the street that sells all the Seafood.
Cathedral of St Michel - looks like the Cathedral of Notra Dame in Paris!
Josh and the aeroplanes in the museum (see caption below) - We went to the museum on Sunday morning.
Tanks in the Museum
The Museum that is next to the Arch, it was filled with tanks and aeroplanes and we went to the top of the arch from inside the museum and looked out over Brussels.
Beers in the afternoon - Josh had a taster of all the different types of beers they produce!
Josh and the aeroplanes in the museum (see caption below) - We went to the museum on Sunday morning.
Tanks in the Museum
The Museum that is next to the Arch, it was filled with tanks and aeroplanes and we went to the top of the arch from inside the museum and looked out over Brussels.
Beers in the afternoon - Josh had a taster of all the different types of beers they produce!
The Place Royale
Cathedral
Triumphal Arch at Parc du Cinquantenaire - built under order of King Leopold II to celebrate Belgium's Golden Jubilee
Cathedral of St Nicolas
Stock Exchange
Cathedral
Triumphal Arch at Parc du Cinquantenaire - built under order of King Leopold II to celebrate Belgium's Golden Jubilee
Cathedral of St Nicolas
Stock Exchange
The Grand-Place is the main square, so very beautiful , there is a cathedral, town hall, Hotel de Ville and House of the Dukes and Guilds. Each of the houses has different symbol on it - check it out. The Houses are of the Haberdashers, cabinetmakers, , Grease-Merchants and so on. Each building now has something different in it - cafe, shop, museum or such like. Check out the pictures.
On Sunday we had another wonder around the streets then at lunch time went on a tour of the Waterloo battlefields, it was really interesting. It finished at 6pm and we headed back on the eurostar at 9pm.
This tree was actually here when the battle occurred!
Lion Monument on top of the Hill - The lion symbolizes new found peace in Europe. The lion weights 28 tons.
View of the battlefields from the top of the monument
The stairs we climbed up to get to the top of the monument - 226 steps to be precise.
Lion Mound: The hill was created by women who carried the earth on their backs gradually up, until the mound reached this height. It was erected between 1824 and 1826 and is dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lies on the 18th June 1815 and marks the spot where one of Wellington's men (who was particularly important) was wounded. There where 300 000 men from 7 nations who met in battle here.
Brussels is really pretty, the buildings in the Grand-Place don't do it justice. It was a nice relaxing weekend, and was definitely enough time to see everything we wanted - except Bruge - which we will have to do another time.
Lion Monument on top of the Hill - The lion symbolizes new found peace in Europe. The lion weights 28 tons.
View of the battlefields from the top of the monument
The stairs we climbed up to get to the top of the monument - 226 steps to be precise.
Lion Mound: The hill was created by women who carried the earth on their backs gradually up, until the mound reached this height. It was erected between 1824 and 1826 and is dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lies on the 18th June 1815 and marks the spot where one of Wellington's men (who was particularly important) was wounded. There where 300 000 men from 7 nations who met in battle here.
Brussels is really pretty, the buildings in the Grand-Place don't do it justice. It was a nice relaxing weekend, and was definitely enough time to see everything we wanted - except Bruge - which we will have to do another time.
