Brussles

These are examples of Brussels waffles

My waffle!

Amazing Lieges waffles

The tomb of the unknown soldier. After the second WW, five different bodies were chosen from all over Belgium and a blind soldier picked one to lie here to represent all the lost lives of men and women who fought. Coincidently, today is Liberation Day for the Netherlands and it is a HUGE deal here. Flowers at monuments, flames burning bright, concerts in the city, day off from work, and moments of silence

Ukrainian tour group!

Manneken-Pis
This famous Brussels statue has an ever changing wardrobe, over 800 costumes to be exact. There are several legends about his story and word is that he's been around from the late 1300's. Mostly, all stories say that he represents a boy who peed and saved the country.

This is the court! You actually take the elevator instead of taking those zig-zagging stairs

This is still outside the court

The tourist picture, I know. But I hope Mama's happy now. ; )

Entrance to the park across from the palace

Brussels has a lot of random comics on the sides of buildings and you can take a walk to see them all. I tried but was distracted...by flea markets, shiny things, etc.

Pretty much their central square

I walked my shoes off on Brussels' cobblestone streets (my poor and once beautiful shoes can prove it). The town has many more hills than found anywhere in the Netherlands and walking nine hours did take it's toll on me. However, it should be noted that I am ready for the Marines--nine hours straight walking with my overstuffed backpack--I am set!