Royal Windsor Hotel Grand Place

... in Brussels as our first stop. Brussels is a relatively small place but i loved the lifestyle. We stayed at the Royal Windsor Hotel Grand'Place, right by the Grand Palace. We visited the Grand Palace as they were beginning to put up Christmas lights on ...

... open on Mondays. This is Philip's and my seventh wedding anniversary, so we celebrated with a delightful Italian meal just off the Grand Place on a side street.  Then, we indulged in a delectable hand made ice cream.  Before our meal, however, ...

... , and kissed us on both cheeks in the traditional French form.  He guided us through Brussels to our hotel and then to the Grand Place, an amazingly story book square surrounded by gilded homes.  Then, we visited Koekelberg, the village in which ...

... pictures of the place.  The holiness of the cathedral strips a person down to his or her soul upon entry.  The grand pipe organ with its wooden sheen and glistening pipes hangs suspended on the left, as though heaven were balancing it above the ...

Very nice hotel near Gran ...

... her by indulging in her favorite past time?  I hardly think so!  We traipsed through the grandiose H&M, purchasing several chic items, and from there, we trekked back towards the grand central station for our journey back to ...

... in 1955 and the plaster cracked.  Now, THAT's a find!!! On to the indescribable (but I'll try) Grand Palace.  These royal grounds are chock-a-block full of the most ornately and extravagantly designed and decorated buildings I have ever ...

... . After the tour with the Globus group, Robin and I headed off again to see more of London. We were planning to go to Windsor Castle via an optional tour from Globus, it said in our itinerary that it was available afternoons any day, however when we got ...

... one armed bandits. Boy were our hands dirty from all those coins! At 2:00pm we walked down a block and had tea at the Windsor Court, 300 Gravier St. 504-522-1992. We were all dressed up. We really enjoyed a classical trio of flute, violin and cello ...

... current Broken Pencil don't ya know! Brokenpencil.com) and Sarah in Guelph, Jonathan in Beamsville, my parents in Windsor, my favourite sand dunes in Grand Bend, Ben in Toronto (I squeeze in and out of that place so quick because it just makes me ...