Saturday, March 14, 2009

Beautiful Belgium

For Daniel's Spring Break we went to Brussels, Belgium. We decided to go because Daniel finally said where he wanted to go in Europe (we were suppose to go there for our honeymoon, but that plan had to be scraped because of time). So here was our trip in pictures.
We saw a protest for Catalonia. They wanted to break away from Spain (the EU is in Brussels). Daniel "found himself" in their cause.

Manniken Pis. I don't know what his costume is suppose to celebrate.

Frites. They are not just Fries. They are the best tasting fries you will ever taste.

The Atonium. It is shaped as an Iron molecule for the world's fair.

It snowed while we were there! It was suppose to rain the entire time! I only had a raincoat so I was freezing.

Of course we had Belgium Wafles. They were especially good.

We went to Waterloo and climbed 220 steep stairs to see the whole battlefield where the "whole social-political map of Europe changed forever."

View from the top.

Of course there is Chocolate. We even stayed next to the Godiva Factory, but we didn't get to go in.

Here is the Grand Place. The Center of all the action. If you can find this place then you can find most all of the other sites in the city.

9 comments:

brenna said...

What a great trip! Too bad you didn't score free chocolate from godiva.

Susan G. said...

How fun!! It makes me wish we had gotten of the boat in Bruges. Thanks for the pics...looks like a great spring break!

Jan said...

Belgium, you are sooo lucky. Looks like lots of fun.

Stephanie said...

Yea Belgium! That looks like so much fun! P.S. Love the red raincoat...totally worth it because it is wayyyy cute..Even if you freezed your butt off! :)
P.S #2 Happy Birthday 2 days ago...Honestly, I thought about you all day! Love your guts!

JENN said...

Yummmm I am jealouse!

Billy said...

That's way cool! I hope I can have a true Belgium Waffle someday.

Emlyn said...

Looks beautiful and cold!

Shawn and Alisha Stratton said...

Oh wow...how awesome! Thanks for sharing the pictures. We hope to get back to Europe sometime soon...

Gina Rochelle said...

Hey, you have a blog! That's awesome! Belgium, wow you guys are very cultured. Looks like a good time!
Gina Steed