Town Hall (Stadhuis) Leuven

Started the day with an orientation session at the place we're staying, The Leuven Institute
for Ireland (http://www.leuveninstitute.eu), which is absolutely gorgeous. Although some people have been joking that we're living in a prison because there are rules about not having food in the rooms (obviously not enforced in my room) and there are …

After spending the whole morning walking around the beautiful town of Leuven, Khanya needed to taste these famous frites (french fries). We finally found some and took a break from being on foot. Thereafter we walked to the Grote markt and enjoyed a waffel and some gluewine before our tour of town hall which we thought we could handle in Dutch but …

... I could immediately see upon arrival why Marie kept going on about it. The centerpiece of the architectural attractions is the Leuven Town Hall, which is to town halls what Barcelona's Segrada Familia is to churches: Ornate, elaborate, almost ...

... !, The Netherlands. Since I've been here for 3 full days I was quite a competent tour guide. I pointed out the churches, the town hall and the boutiques. We prayed in the church but not to Jesus because, let's face it, we don't really need his help. We ...

... ; We digested our waffles by shopping at Domo and Zara amongst others and saw the Stadius on Old Market Square, which is Lueven's "town hall," built in 1439.  We also took in Sint Pieterskerk Cathedral, founded in 986 and built in 1425, across ...

... and nightlife (and a Pizza Hut and McDonalds). This area is really close to where we're staying so we'll all hang out here at any given time. Just a bit further is the Town Hall, WHICH IS GORGEOUS. It's my favorite building in Leuven- I already decided. ...

... we went to discover Leuven the town itself. The Grote Markt is Incredibly beautiful and there is so much detail of the town hall building with a huge catholic church behind it. We enjoyed a Belgian waffle together on the steps of the square ...

... and we can go straight there, or we can look at other places first.  First, Gary wants to stop in Leuven.  There is an interesting town hall and church there.  I think he mainly wants to show us a strange sculpture with "death" or ...

... intact. A Grand Place The centre of tourism in Brussels this magnificent square and it's surrounding mid 1400 buildings include the Town Hall, Brewers Guild and Breadhouse (or King's House) although no king has ever lived there. The Place is home to ...

... all of the cafes. Then we went to the Grote Markt where we saw the impressive St. Peter's Church and the unbelievable Town Hall. Wow! For dinner Jonathan went out to our local Frituur and purchased Belgian frites and chicken for everyone. We were ...

... passport pictures taken (that is about a total of 20 for Jonathan for everything he has had to do over the past few months). The town hall went smoothly as we only had to wait a short time and then basically they told us to come back after the police ...

... 10:30 and the girls and I had a slow morning around the apartment. A little before noon we took off for the Grote Markt by the town hall. We found some postcards to mail to their friends and sat on a bench to write them out. Then we went and got a warm ...