Lori on Rue de Bouchers
Our Brussel Sprout
Galeries Royales St-Hubert - The World's first shopping center
Matt in the Galeries Royales St-Hubert
Galeries Royales St-Hubert
Apotheek in Galeries Royales St-Hubert
Grand'Place (Grote Markt)
Grand'Place (Grote Markt) - Setting up for Ommegang (Annual 500 year old festival)
Hotel de Ville on Grand'Place (Grote Markt)
Guild Houses on Grand'Place (Grote Markt)
Maison du Roi on Grand'Place (Grote Markt)
Mason du Roi on Grand'Place (Grote Markt)
Palace of Clowns! Also known as the scariest place on Earth.
Jupiler Beer on the walk to see the Manneken Pis
Manneken Pis square
And there he is... The original statue of the boy peeing into the fountain (or my beer can), known as Manneken Pis.
Manneken Pis
Lori's traditional European photo of licking something gross on each trip.
Posing in front of Manneken Pis
The streets of Brussels
The "Old Style" of Brussels
Brussels is known for it's comic book history, often adorning building facades.
The streets of Brussels. 95-degrees and we were wishing we were up on that balcony in the breeze.
More comic book facades
Having a Leffe at Drug Opéra (www.drugopera.be)
An unknown square on the way to dinner
The square with Lori...
... and the square without Lori
Church of Saint Catherine/Sint Katelijne
The Square at Saint Catherine
Matt at Int'Spinnekopke - Local Brussels hideaway/restaurant
Yech! Who put the pickled veal on our salad? Crazy Belgians!
We happened upon the Ommegang on our first night in Brussels. It's a two-day annual festival dating back 500 years.
Hotel de Ville on Grand'Place
The Ommegang crowd (er, gang) on Grand'Place
The Ommegang
The Royal Suites at Ommegang
Maison du Roi at Ommegang
The "short" stilt guys (only 12-foot stilts)
Statue being carried aloft at Ommegang
Ommegang
Ommegang - the 25-foot stilt guys
Ommegang - those guys on the bottom are on 12-foot stilts
Lori at Ommegang
Ommegang video #2
Lori
Poster for Ommegang
Gardens at Mont de Arts
Old England department store
Fountain in Parc de Bruxelles
Berlaymont, headquarters of the European Union
Matt at Berlaymont
Lori at Berlaymont
Park at Square Marie Louise
Statue at Square Marie Louise
Fountain at Square Marie Louise
Matt at Square Marie Louise
Townhouse at Square Ambiorix
Square Ambiorix
Signs for dogs since they can't read
The townhouse we came to Square Ambiorix to see is hidden behind this plywood as it's being rennovated. At least they took a picture of it for us.
The Belgian military museum - also known as "Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis"
Lori in the Parc du Cinquantenaire
Brussels' version of Paris' Arc de Triomphe
Parc du Cinquantenaire
Rue de Bouchers
Historic 4-floor pub called "Drug Opera"
Lobby of our 112-year old hotel - the Hotel Metropole on Place de Brouckère
Hotel Metropole
Cafe Metropole - the luxurious hotel was originally an afterthought add-on to the cafe
Lori in the Hotel Metropole
Hotel Metropole - check out the old-fashioned elevator
Lori at Le Bar a Tapas
Le Bar a Tapas
Restaurant on Place Saint-Gery
Lori on Place Saint-Gery
10:15 pm and still light. The sun doesn't set in July in Brussels until 11 pm.
Place Saint-Gery
Restaurant Le Chat Noir
When in Rome... er Brussels... A glass of absinthe at The Royal Cocktail Bar
Lori's virgin cocktail list at The Royal Cocktail Bar
Just off Grand'Place
Roman cobblestone
L'Homo Erectus - guess what type of bar it is
Chandelier in our room at the Hotel Metropole
Back at the Hotel Metropole after our trip to London. They upgraded us to a suite on our last night named after Jean Piat - a famous French actor.
Our suite at the Hotel Metropole
Two sinks AND a shower in a French/Belgian hotel? Believe it or not, that's luxury.
View of Place de Brouckère from our terrace
Fancy painting in our suite. Anybody know what it is?
Lori on our terrace
Matt on our terrace
Our suite was named for Jean Piat, a famous French actor
Lobby of the Hotel Metropole
Flu Power Flu?
Back at Le Bar a Tapas
Brussels at dusk
Grand'Place
Maison du Roi on Grand'Place
Matt and Lori on Grand'Place
You can't go to Brussels without having Belgian Waffles - these are covered in caramel!
The Royal Theater
Another view of our suite at the Hotel Metropole
Manneken Pis on a Coke machine at the airport
