Mussels in Brussels

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Due to an unexpected 4-day weekend, I had to come up with decent plans for maximizing the travel opportunity. I decided to do Belgium; hitting Brussels on one day, Antwerp the next.

Brussel's main attraction (besides the beer in general) is Mannekken Pis, who is about 2 feet tall, naked, and peeing. What a great reason for everybody to congregate from around the globe!

I also checked out some dinosaur bones at the natural science museum and soaked up some art by Rubens at the Fine Arts Museum. Still don't know what dinosaur bones have to do with affordable timepieces.

Arfeo and Katherine would appreciate that I sat down to enjoy a massive Leffe beer in the Grand Place square, overlooking ornate gilded buildings, throngs of tourists, and the towering City Hall while listening to the Bowling for Soup song 'Belgium.' Life is good, friends.

The next day I checked out the Cotillon brewery where I got to see everything about how Lambic beer is brewed. I tried out some Gueze and some Cherry Kriek beers, which are almost like champagne, and decided that yes, Belgium is the place to be for fine beers!

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