A cold, sunny day, my host mom Sylvie goes to a funeral in Brussels. Marie, Cyril and I get to walk around Brussels for the day!
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| train station |
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| train station. |
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| Me ^^^ Grand place |
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| Hotel Amigo. I was told this is where the famous, rich, and politically important get put up when they come to Brussels |
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| Comic books are a really big deal to Belgians! |
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| Mannequin Pis. Naked this time. |
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| A neat building between Central station, and the Grande Place |
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| 17th photo. |
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| We're not sure what most of these buildings are... We know we're near the palace though. |
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| The Palace of the King of the Belgians. |
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| In one of Brussels many parks! (Right before Cyril bit the dust in jumping over that grill there) |
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A piñata party! I don't know why it's there. I got to explain
to my host siblings what a piñata was! |
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| Parliament house, right across the park from the palace. |
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| A famous street sculpture in Brussels |
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| The Belgian national anthem. It has French, Dutch, and German versions. |
We also got to visit the Atomium on this sunny sunny day!
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| That's me with Sylvie! |
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| The Atomium was built for the world's fair in 1958, and is modeled after an iron atom. Today, each ball contains a bit of an exposition. Currently, it is about water conservation. There's a little restaurant on the top, and some balls have meeting rooms in them. Most of them even have 2 levels inside. |
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| be. stands for Belgium. |
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| Some stats |
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| This is the stadium where I came to see the Belgian team play the US way back in September! |
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| A somewhat famous little attraction near the Atomium, Mini-Europe. Like Lego-Europe, only not made of Legos! |
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| That dome is the dome one can see in the 17th picture above. |
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| The inside of the top. |
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| The elevator had a glass ceiling. |
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| Escalators between the balls! |
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| Cyril |
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