After the walk-a-thon of Paris, we were glad to find that Brussels was a small city. We found some beers and made our way to a local restaurant and wandered until we were tired.
Day 1 was spent walking to, exploring, and coming home from the EU Parliamentarium, which aside from teaching me more about the EU also had this cool display:
We also met a dinosaur:
RJ also had to do laundry at one point, so we hung out and did that the following afternoon. It was odd, being alone (literally, or as the only white/male/foreign people) in the laundromat on vacation, but it was commensurate with Brussels being the resting place between the intensive walking/sightseeing of Paris and Amsterdam.
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With RJ at the Laundromat in Brussels |
There were plenty of cool sights, though - especially the architecture. Here are the rest of the highlights.
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Sainte-Catherine |
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Selfie, Grand Place |
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RJ, Surveying |
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Musee royal de l'armee |
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Sniped |
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Not Photoshopped |