BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

We docked at Zeebrugge and then on tour we drove an hour and forty-five minutes to the capital of Belgium, Brussels. Upon arrival we took a panoramic drive around Brussels. As usual it was raining so it was hard to take pictures from the bus.  The city has many beautiful buildings that were not destroyed in the war. They were of the Baroque style. We were let out of the bus at a covered shopping mall that was constructed for the wealthy centuries ago. We were in the old town area and around the Grand Palace with its Baroque guild houses and ornate Town Hall. We walked a few more blocks to view the Manneken Pis Statue. It is a famous statue of a small boy high up on the side of a building who is urinating.

We ate lunch in a restaurant on the town square that was 300 years old.  There were 39 of us on the tour and we were seated on the third floor. The stairs were winding and very narrow, but the ceilings were wonderfully decorated. The lunch was wonderful from salad to dessert.