Blogs from Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Europe - page 2

Brussels Half hour ride from Lille to Brussels. Four stops on Red metro line to Porte de Namur station, right beside Hotel Chambord. Took a walk down Rue de Numar. Coffee in TICH, a vegan cool kids large order-at-the-counter joint. Opposite a similar Café called JAT. Then to the Musical Instruments Museum. ‘Old England’ a Horta building. A riveted cast iron structure with airy feel. Darkened rooms full of the most extensive collection I’ve seen.... way better than Berlin, and broader and better presented than Finlandia Museum in Turku. Not all that much African stuff, it lacked thumbpianos etc. But stunning environs. Brass section dominated by the Sax family’s experiments with trumpet and reed instruments. Saxhorns included a ‘trombone’ with seven bells and six valves. A set of sax-like instruments with oboe style double reeds. Many ... read more

Today was a pleasant, cool day in Brussels. I started the day with a walk around the “upper town“ including a stop at a little jewel of a church called Notre Dame du Petit Sablon. Then I dived into the Belgium fine arts museums. These include lots of paintings and my favorites were by Jan Bruegel and Jacques-Louis David. Later in the day I passed by one of Brussels’s most famous sites, namely the Manneken Pis. I have read that the best part about this little statue is watching the reactions of the people who come to see it and I agree with that. I took a picture of people taking pictures and then a closer view so you can see him better. Tomorrow I will tour Brussels a little more before flying off to my ... read more

Speed sightseeing in Brussels We ended up in Brussels in Belgium on the way from France to Luxembourg. This wasn't in our original plans but we decided to try to make the most out of it. Going from rural areas in England and France, where we had spent one week, to a major city where thousands of people roam the streets was a bit of a shock for us. We had a bit of a problem adjusting to the crowds of people. We only had a couple of hours in the evening and two hours in the morning to see some fragments of all that Brussels has to offer. We had to rush things a bit to see anything and ended up doing speed sightseeing to see at least a few highlights. Speed sightseeing is not ... read more

Dnes mala jedna skupinka na plane mestecko gent ale jaksi nevydalo. Opat vianocne trhy. Davame belgicke wafle (vela kriku pre nic, rovnake vsade na svete), varene vinko. Nasavame vianocnu atmosferu. Odskrkavame si dalsiu ikonu bruselu. Curajuceho chlapca co je totalny tourist trap. Fakt to nestoji za navstevu. Mala postavicka kokotika. Nasi zajtra skoro rano letia domov, ja si pospim do 9.00 a smer ghent kde mam mojho posledneho cs a prakticky to bude aj moja posledna noc na ceste. V pondelok navrat domov po 309.dnoch. No ale fakt ma to moc nelaka ked pozeram okolo sebe co sa deje v europe. Rusko vs ukrajina, roztahujuci sa imigranti v belgicku, zatahy na drogovych dilerov v seredi. Proste nic pozitovne. Uvidim ci tu vydrzim do toho maja, vtedy smer ukrajina, iran, azerbajdzan, armensko, gruzinsko. Mozno sa na to ... read more

Spanek nic moc na zemi. Okolo 4.00 zacal chodit sbskar a budit ludi bo sa otvarali prepazky. Sedenie na sedacke a cakanie na let z budapesti. Ten nabral 30min meskanie. Zastrciek na nabijanie mobilu malo a aj tie co boli , boli pri zemi. Tak som si posedel na zemi a doplnil stavu. Obcas presli halou aj dvaja vojaci so samopalmi. Konecne pristava lietadlo, no seredani furt nikde. Pri cakani mensi pokec so slovakom co zije v bruseli a dosol vyzdvihnut znamych (idu na futbal) Najskor vychadza chuliganka ale medzi poslednymi aj seredsko galantsky klan. Ide sa von zohnat objednane auta. Nastavaju dve zabavne situacie. Najskor jeden clen vypravy nalozil svoju batozinu do ineho auta (nastasti ho stacil dobehnut) no a zrazu nas je viac ako miest v aute (navyse pasaziery sli nakonec po vlastnej osi). ... read more