Atomium Brussels

Monday
After an amazing weekend we left Gembloux by train and headed back to Brussels. We spent 2 days drinking beer and wine, walking the streets and touring around the capital of the European Union. The first day we made our way down to the Grand Place- an amazing market square in the middle of the city centre. Can't say the shopping was very …

Vertrek naar Stockholm vanaf Charleroi/Brussel airport met Ryanair. Goedkope tickets naar Stockholm (30 euro pp) waren de aanleiding voor deze korte citytrip. We besluiten zaterdag op tijd te vertrekken, eerst het Atomium in Brussel te bezoeken, hebben we nog nooit eerder gezien, avonds een bioscoopje te pakken en dan te overnachten in het airport …

Gary and I took a tour bus to see the city and especially, the Atomium. Much more to write but I didn't write it then and have forgotten. We had fun and went home …

There is enough here to keep one busy for a few days. We did not explore too much since the only reason we came here is because they cancelled our flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. So we detoured and took a train from Brussels to Germany instead. We visited the places I listed and reviewed as part of this blog and we definitely enjoyed it. One …

On Wednesday, Emily and I took the train to Brussels to explore the city. The first chocolate shop I ran into happened to be my favorite chocolate - Valrhona (French Chocolate). The chocolate shop I worked at during college used Valrhona chocolate to make our specialty flavor-infused delicacies. Apparently the Brussels location is their first and …

One of my good friends here in Barcelona, Lindsey, has another friend studying in Belgium, so when she suggested going to visit, we decided to make a girl's weekend out of it! So Lindsey, Rachel and I headed off to Brussels for a few days!

Our plane touched down, and all we could see was fog and rain, but it cleared off as we entered the …

Friday, 9 Dec 2011

We were driving to Brussels as Ant had a meeting outside of Brussels and we invited us to come along. We left later than planned and ended up being stuck in London traffic as we were heading to the Eurotunnel. But, they were quite good and put us on the next train so we didn't waste much time at all.

We passed …

Whats on today's agenda i say to Al. The response is we've seen most of Brussels bbut lets go to the Atomium. Its this structure of an atom built for the world EXPO. We hear it is not too far to walk, maybe an hour but we dont have a map which includes this area. We go anyways. The first bit is easy, we even find some signs but then we get …

We had to catch the bus at 7:15 and to my surprise everyone was on time. Now that's called forgetting your roots ;)Walked into McDonald's @ 7 to get some coffee, like we would go to a Irani cafe.

Brussels was a 3 hr drive from our place which was the capital of not only Belgium but also the European Union. I thought we could manage with my …

... we went and found the pub. After a few pints we crashed at Jono's. He went to work, and we did the sightseeing thing. Normally, Brussels can be seen in a day. It took us five as every night we were on the beers with him and another Aussie by the name of ...

... we had our map book from 1998, but trust me, getting to Brussels is easy, I've just become lazy around the cities.   Brussels   It doesn't take long to get onto the ring road of Brussels, but it was much harder finding our hostel. Loads of ...

... her and when she did she was quite surprised to see me. For her it was some of her first days back in Belgium to live in Brussels for now. In the meantime, Frank was welcoming the people in the nearest café. I got into great discussion the whole ...

... that day and seeing some people in silly costumes reminded me a little bit of Fasching in Munich.  We also happened to be in Brussels on the day their new Metro was opened so we were about as lost on the train as most of the locals!  We headed ...

... tiny statue of a boy peeing - Mady told us that the Belgians love it because it represents their ironic sense of humour.  Brussels is a really interesting city, it is in the French part of Belgium so everyone speaks French, but all of the signs are ...

... walk around, but compared to the places I've already visited, not the most interesting. As many of you know, I planned to be in Brussels during the musical fireworks. These I am proud to say, I was able to see. They were pretty cool, definately the most ...

... had a nice view over the whole of Brussels, also inside was an exhibition about the structures of Expo58 which was in Brussels and which the Atomium was built for so that was very interesting also.  . . . . . . . . Next we headed ...

... view of the skyline, mostly roofs with the occasional cathedral spire to break things up. One thing of interest we could see however was atomium, so at least we could tick that off without having to go out of our way to actually travel to it. Next stop ...

... I was quite lucky as my super nice host, Nadine, drove me around most of Bruxelles in her car.  We visited the huuuge Atomium, which was for a world conference back in 1958 or so, the Mannekin piss (little boy who pees, which is quite small), and ...

... -living: castles seem drafty, impractically located, and quite high-maintenance. On the way back into Brussels, we made a quick stop at the Atomium. This unsightly landmark was built for Expo '58, and the surrounding complex currently houses a museum ...