Saturday 13 June: Up on time and after breakfast, which was okay, we headed out for the day. On the list were the EU Parliament, Natural History Museum, Grand Place/Grote Markt, Mannekin Pis, the Atomium, and Mini-Europe. Rather cold and windy to start although the early morning rain had stopped. We got off the Metro at the right stop for the EU Parliament and that was where the signposting ended. However, after a false start we got there. It was quite good just to walk around and see where it all happens. Zachary was quite interested by the soldiers who were on guard with their huge machine guns. It was a good teaching moment. Approaching the area we were struck by the incredible amount of rubbish lying around. Clearly people do not use rubbish bins. From
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