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    • TravelerEuropa ‘23
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      Day 11

      De pasada en 📍Bruselas

      May 31, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ 🌙 19 °C

      Hoy fue en día de pasada en Bruselas. Nos despertamos y directamente salimos a recorrer, pero como siempre, con paradas técnicas para comprar cositas dulces para comer🍩🍭🍡🍫. No saque muchas fotos, pero nos encanto la ciudad.
      Almorzamos en el departamento y nos dormimos una sienta porque no dábamos más. Nos levantamos un poco tarde pero salimos a pasear igual. Cenamos afuera y de postre compré un súper waffle riquísimo 🧇      Read more

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    • PMU avélo
      Day 97

      Étape 72 : Numansdoorp - Bruxelles

      August 19, 2022 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      Distance : 115 km
      Dénivelé : 332 mnD+
      Temps de déplacement : 4h37
      Tracé GPS : https://strava.app.link/AvN5DoHNNsb

      Par Olivier,

      La nuit fut plus ou moins difficile selon les personnes mais globalement, à part Paul et Valentin avec leur hamac, les autres ont été victimes des rafales de vent pénétrant le duvet. Il faut dire que quand nous nous sommes couchés, le vent était nul et il s'est levé dans la nuit.
      De plus, un couple de quarantenaire s'est donné RDV pour un date à côté de notre spot. Ils ont attendu que l'on ferme les yeux pour lancer les hostilités.

      Malgré ce réveil, l'envie d'en découdre est là. On prend notre petit déjeuner et le gérant du port à côté de nous nous donne gentiment accès à l'eau et les sanitaires. Ça fait du bien un peu de gentillesse après s'être fait interpeller la veille par la police pour exhibitionnisme le temps de se changer et baigner au milieu de nulle part.
      On se met en formation peloton et Armand est rapidement victime d'une crevaison. Ensuite, passage de la frontière belge, encore un passage anecdotique vers le retour en France.

      Nous reprenons la route pour Anvers, première ville belge où nous nous arrêtons pour goûter aux frites belges. Pas déçu !

      Valentin a des points de suture a faire enlever, il nous rejoindra à Bruxelles tandis que nous, on se remet en formation pour sortir de l'agglomération. Une averse fera son apparition et sur la fin, Gaetan nous dit de filer et ne pas l'attendre mais il est malheureusement victime d'une crevaison. Je fais donc demi tour pour l'assister tandis que Simon Armand et Paul filent à Bruxelles. À noter la performance de Armand qui viendra encastrer son vélo dans un terrier de lapin présent sur le bord de la route. Bien heureusement, rien de grave !

      Pendant notre réparation avec Gaetan, Valentin nous rejoindra et nous finirons à 3 pour rejoindre les autres qui sont à l'auberge. Ça y est, ici, tout le monde parle français.

      Malgré cette arrivée tardive, pas de perte de temps, direction le centre ville pour une soirée qui se terminera au bon petit matin.      Read more

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    • TravelerEurope 2019
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      Day 17

      Tea and Biscuits @ Maison Dandoy

      September 20, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Today Gui met us at our apartment, as we intended to go to the climate manifestation (we call it a demonstration) today, part of the global school strike for climate change action. Before the demonstration, we had some time to do a few things we had been wanting to but hadn’t had the time.

      Our first stop was Maison Dandoy, about 100 metres from our apartment. They are famous for their biscuits, which are delicious. The title of this footprint is tea and biscuits but, alas, I couldn’t have tea as they only serve earl grey, which I can’t stand, or herbal and fruit teas. What is it with these people, nobody serves English Breakfast! So, I had a latte. The plate of biscuits I ordered for us to share turned out to be huge. We couldn’t get through them all, so the waitress kindly bagged them up for us to takeaway, and threw in a few extras for good measure.

      We then did a bit of a wander around Brussels, with Gui as our guide, which was lots of fun. We joined the demonstration just after 1.30pm, and found ourselves near the start of the marchers. More on that on my next footprint.      Read more

    • TravelerEurope 2019
      Day 16

      AM - Atomium

      September 19, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Today we ventured out a little further afield, so we used Brussel’s public transport system. I had a bit of a sleep in this morning, as I had a fitful night’s sleep due to me having to cough continuously once I went to bed - poor Ian would have had a disrupted night too.

      We headed off for the central station, easily bought tickets, and found our way to the correct train going in the right direction. We had to catch two different lines to make our way out to the Atomium, and it all went pretty smoothly. The Atomium was originally constructed for the 1958 Brussels World Expo. It is located on the Hershel Plateau, where the exhibition took place, and is now a museum. It was designed by the civil engineer André Waterkeyn, and architects André and Jean Polak.

      It is 102 meters tall, and it is made up of nine 18 metre (diameter) stainless steel clad spheres that are connected, by tubes. The whole structure forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal, magnified 165 billion times. The Atomium was designed to last for 6 months but, due to it’s popularity and success, its destruction was postponed for several years until a decision was taken by the city to keep it. In 2004, 46 years after it was constructed, the Atomium closed for renovation and maintenance. It reopened to the public in 2006.      Read more

    • TravelerEurope 2019
      Day 15

      BLASE - Artist

      September 18, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      Blase creates new paintings out of old damaged artworks, and gives them a second life by adding subversive details. He is French, and recently had a new “exhibition” called White Trash in Brussels,which we stumbled upon. There was also some other art in the same area which I have included.Read more

    • TravelerEurope 2019
      Day 15

      Street Art of Brussels #1

      September 18, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      We cam across a lot of street art during our wanderings today, and here is an example of some of it. Interesting to note that it is illegal in Belgium to graffiti, and those caught have been jailed not just fined.Read more

    • TravelerEurope 2019
      Day 15

      Musee des Instruments de Musique

      September 18, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      This museum of musical instruments was very interesting. It is housed in the Old English Building, which used to be a department store. The self guided tour is excellent, as you input a number to the audio guide and then hear the sound of the instrument you are looking at in the display being played. The collection is extensive, and it was interesting to see how many countries, for example, used bag pipes or some version of pipes and a bag. I knew there would be a large range of stringed instruments, but again, the diversity of shape and sound was very interesting. There was a whole floor dedicated to keyboards, as they claim that the only instrument that definitely has its origins in Europe is the keyboard.

      The architecture of the building was also lovely, as it was once a department store, it had a lovely central lift that was fully operational. We caught the lift to the top floor where there is a restaurant and terrace that affords you wonderful views across Brussels.      Read more

    • TravelerEurope 2019
      Day 15

      Exploring Brussels

      September 18, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      We started the day with a nourishing breakfast at a lovely cafe - Le Pain Quotidien - located in the Gallerie de la Reine (we are practically neighbours). Ian had scrambled eggs and bacon, and I had their special Quotidien breakfast, which included a soft boiled egg, apple juice, coffee, bread and a croissant. It was delicious, but I couldn’t eat all the bread. We then headed off to the supermarket to pick up some supplies. On our way back to the apartment, Ian located the Fontaine de Jeanneke-Pis (little girl pissing) - a companion to Manneken-Pis - which was installed down a laneway, and not the easiest to find.

      After dropping off our supplies (climbing up 3 floors of steep steps), we headed out to the Grand Place, Brussels’ central square, which is literally 200 metres from our apartment. We walked around and took some lovely snaps before heading off in search of Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a boy urinating into a fountain basin (it is Dutch for Little Pissing Man). The one on the street is a replica of the original statue that was designed by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the elder, and was installed in 1619.The original statue is kept in the Museum of the City of Brussels, and is the best known symbol of the people of Brussels and also embodies their sense of humour. Today it was dressed in a costume.      Read more

    • TravelerEurope 2019
      Day 18

      Early birthday celebration

      September 21, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      It was to be my cousin Brigitte’s birthday on Monday 23 September. As we were only in town until the 22nd, Brigitte kindly arranged an early celebration with the family. We got to see Nathalie, Ahmet and Sohan, Gui, Geertje and Lisa, and Stefan and his daughter Emma, as well as Paulette. The only one we didn’t see is Rob, maybe next time. It was a lovely late afternoon with blue sky and sunshine, and a temperature of 27C, and so we had dinner in the backyard, which was lovely. Brigitte had arranged a barbecue that Stefan cooked, and which was delicious. Nathalie made a chocolate cake with cream and homemade blackberry jam, which was delicious also. It was great to catch up with the family even for such a short time.

      Gui drove us back to Stockel to catch the metro back into town. When we arrived we found some roads blocked, and police around many intersections. We thought it might be in preparation for “no cars day” in Brussels the following day, but we were wrong. When we arrived at Galerie de la Reine, we found that the centre of the Galerie was cordoned off and there were police at the start of the cordoned off area.

      As we walked towards our apartment entrance, we turned around to see runners heading down the cordoned off area - hundreds and hundreds of runners. They all had on head lights, and they were participating in the Brussels Night Run. It starts at 9.45pm at the Place de la Bourse, and also finishes there. It is the third year the race has been run and participants run an 8km course around Brussels. We watched and cheered on the runners for a while before heading upstairs. There must have been thousands of competitors, as many more runners ran through after we got upstairs, and we had a great vantage point to watch them all go through the Galerie.      Read more

    • InterRail 2022
      Day 43

      Brussel

      August 12, 2022 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      I’ve chosen a horrible train company.

      On my way to Brussels I had a train from Zurich to Cologne and then Cologne, Brussels. The company which brought me to Cologne was the worst I’ve ever chosen. It was a night train plus it operate from Zurich to Amsterdam. Long distance trains are usually a bit more comfortable than an S-Bahn. In the case of Zurich-Amsterdam, the train was uncomfortable and they didn’t turn off the light. From 23:23 until 5:53 the train was bright as day.

      When I arrived in Brussels at 8:45 I was a wreck. Without any sleep and with a little incident in the Thalys train, where I should have shown a reservation, which I didn’t have. I made on time to Brussels.

      I spent the whole day sightseeing and tried the two most famous things Belgian is famous for. At 3pm. I was able to check in my hostel where I first took a shower and rested for a bit.

      In the evening was still too tired to do some night photography not to mention heading to a bar with life music. So I postponed this two events for the next day.

      Luckily on the way back home I won’t have a overnight train anymore. If I take a overnight train again should from now on avoid driving with SBB.      Read more

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    Galeries royales, Galeries royales Saint-Hubert, Koningklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen

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