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November 12th 2008

Published: November 13th 2008

We decided to spend Armistice Day in Brussels celebrating our freedoms: of education, travel, language.... living. Upon arriving to our destination, we were greeted with the fine scent of warm waffles & Gluwine Mmmmm! Deep Autumn in Europe has arrived. The streets were much more quiet than they would have been for a week day, especially on the Wetstraat ( Rue de la Loi ) Law Street. Normally pac... Read Full Entry

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Palace of the Nation

The Belgian Federal Parliament building @ the opposite end of the park from the Palace

Treurenberg Hill

The St. Michael & St. Gudula Cathedral

A renovation curtain for BIG works on the Magritte Museum

Looks good & keeps surrounding buildings free of debris

Greetings! :)

Hotel de Ville/Town Hall

1402-1405; Jacob Van Thienen/1449 Jan Van Ruysbroeck

Closer image of the Town Hall

203 statues representing the Dukes and Duchesses of Brabant who ruled between 580 and 1564

Town Hall tower

Topped with a gilded statue of St. Michael slaying the devil

Side of the Town Hall

Directly next to the Town Hall

On the Grand Place

The bakers guildhall now Maison du Roi

16th century; used to house the administrative offices of Charles V

Continuing clockwise...

Every Guild house has a name since the Middle Ages, no house numbers

Closer view

House of the Dukes of Brabant

1698 ~ Italian architect Palladio

Closer, these are actually 7 houses

The Fame, The Hermit, The Fortune, The Windmill, The Tin Pot, The Hill & The Beurs.

Guild Houses

Le Cerf, Joseph et Anne, L'Ange, La Chaloupe d'Or, Le Pigeon & La Chambrette de l'Amman

The House of Brewers

There's something to be said for Belgian beer ;)

Area of the first stone houses on the Grand Place

14th-18th century/ Guillaume De Bruyn as an important architect

Flemish baroque

Equestrian statue- work from the mid 18th century represents Charles de Lorraine

Cozy restaurants full of ambiance

Fountains of chocolate :D

Speculoos cookies in the form of Sint Niklaas

1st December 2008

mom
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bruxelles!!!!! :-)
loved the entry!!!!can imagin the buddhas and taste the speculoos!!!!!!!!yum brussels....the photos and buildings and sculptures superb...loved the photo of the parc de bruxelles. just like i was there. thanks for the update, xoxoxoxoxo m.

14th December 2008

mom
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just browsing the blog....
i check it often and am always pleased to read about your adventures. you do a fine job relating activities and journeys, i lOVE it!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxox p/m xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

5th May 2009

Lise
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Comments to your pix from Brussels
A nostalgic "tour around your fantastic pix" for me ... left Brussels autumn 2007 after 27 years. Love in particular your photographs from The Parc Royal where I had my daily lunch-break walks all year 'round. Wonderful - thanks.

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