Museum of the City of Brussels (Musee de la Ville de Bruxelles)

The group decided to check out Brussels the first weekend to get an idea of what it has to offer. We all went in on the train from Leuven's station, which is a 20 minute walk from our dorms. I'll have to get used to that work for work.

Once in Brussels, we were reminded that Brussels is in the Wallonia section of Belgium, where French is …

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 …

Holy **** - I have never seen so many chocolate shops in one place.

We visited Brugges and Brussels today (after crossing from Dover to Calais on the ferry). And seriously these cities have the most beautiful architecture, a crazy mix of old and new...and there are hundreds of chocolate shops (and waffle shops, and beer places).

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We left Amsterdam for a day drip by bus to Brussels, on the way we stopped at Antwerp which was also a nice place to visit. When we arrived in Brussels the weather was perfect around 19 degrees with blue sky and wonderful Sunshine. Our showed us around and more importantly how to get back to the bus. Our guide also took us to a chocolate shop were …

We landed in Brussels Thursday night, stayed with Clare's aunt (Barbara - she was great!), then left for Amsterdam early Friday morning. We returned Saturday morning, found our hostel, then headed for lunch at La Mokafe. It was super cheap and delicious, then we dropped Nicole off for her reposo and then took off to explore the city.

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... to suspect that there is some kind of long-standing competition in the Brussels tourist office. On Tuesday I went to the Museum of the city of Brussels, as I wanted to get a feel for history and character of the place. As well as the Mannekin-Pis ...

... the city. Above the 97 meters high tower is the recently restored image of St. Michael, the patron saint of Brussel. The Museum of the City of Brussel is housed in the Broodhuis. You can admire early paintings by Breugel, as well as the entire ...

... costumes. We haven't exactly figured out what he's dressed as when we saw him. But when we went into the Museum of the CIty of Brussels, we got to see hundreds of his outfits from the past, including some representing the cultures of various countries. ...