We took the train to Brussles this morning! I was really excited since I have only seen Brugges, and this ticks off another capital on my world map. When we first arrived, we spent a half hour or so in the grande place.
We than walked to the Mannekin Pis (Little Julien) AKA the little, eensie weensie, statue of the fountain boy with pee water coming out of his penis. I honestly don't know how that became such a major landmark. He's like the Mona Lisa in the fact that he's about the size of a waterbottle.
We read in the tourguide that he had a female counterpart, so we crossed through the prince's markets to try to find her. Jeanneken Pis was in the tiniest sidestreet with no sign indicating her. In case you're wondering, yes, she was crouched down to tinkle.
After that, we stopped to eat lunch. Marie had been dying of hunger since ten o'clock, and it was finally time for the restaurants to start opening. I ordered a vegetable soup. It came with ice cubes in it. Is that normal?
After that, we stopped to eat lunch. Marie had been dying of hunger since ten o'clock, and it was finally time for the restaurants to start opening. I ordered a vegetable soup. It came with ice cubes in it. Is that normal?
When we finished eating, we hopped on the metro and headed over to the Atonium. I'm not sure what purpose it has, but it's a giant atom of iron made with aluminum. The tickets we purchased included the MiniEurope park next to it, so we went to that afterwords.
I love the MiniEurope! It's not a very large park, but walking around the miniature capitals with a sixty page fact booklet takes a lot more time than expected. The figurines of the capitals were really intricate. I read in the pamphlet that one of them took over 19 000 hours of labor and 350 000Euros! They were beautiful!
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