This morning we gonna say good bye to Paris and we are heading on to Belgium - Bussels.
Bussels is the capital of Belgium.
In the coach and on the way to Belgium. Beautiful sky.
The toilet sign is so cute.
Find Walley
Coffee is a must at pit stop. The tart looks so delicious. Cant stop myself from buying. Haha.
Unable to zz in the bus, playing with my hp.
Yup we finally reached Belgium
My dear is a sleeping king. He is awake now ! Time for lunch .
Ok. I know is chinese food again. =(
After lunch is time to continue our tour at Brussels.
Did you see that ? That is Tin Tin on the wall.
Ok. This is not that famous. I am just madly in love with pengiuns.
This is the mascot of Brussels, Manneken Pis
This bronze statuette, created in the 17th century by J. Duquesnoy the elder, embodies the irreverent spirit of Brussels. Also known as "Little Julian", due to confusion with another fountain, het Juliaensborreke, it was one of the many fountains serving the city. From being a public fountain, the little fellow has now become a legendary figure. He has been given numerous costumes and decorations and his wardrobe now comprises some 800 items, recently restyled in an appealing scenography (see Museum of the City of Brussels). The oldest (known) costume was given to him by the Elector of Bavaria in 1698. Manneken-Pis has, alas, been the victim of several acts of vandalism. It was in 1745 that he was kidnapped for the first time by the English. Two years later, it was the turn of the French to steal him. Hearing of this, Louis XV gave him, by way of reparation for this outrage, a rich costume in gold brocade and decorated him with the cross of Saint-Louis. In 1817, the statuette was stolen again, this time by a reprieved French convict, and was found broken in pieces. The fragments were used to make the statuette which you can see today on the old fountain.
Beautiful tree in the middle of a cafe. I love the weather. I Love Europe.
This is the famous Manneken Pis chocolates shop. You can buy chocolates here. Let me warn you, Belgium has very nice chocolates however good chocolates usually will melt when bring back. It will be wise to eat fresh there.
Waffles are hot selling items there. But I dunno how much exercises you need to do to burn off those cream. Lol !
This is quite near to the Manneken Pis. This place is 16th and 17th century Market Square and the beautiful Grand Place. Chocolate ice cream is good there.
This lady is our group shopping queen - Joycelyn. Very nice and friendly .
Police and real horses? Yes.
This is the Magnificent Atomium at Brussels.
The story of the Atomium is, above all, one of love, the love that the Belgians have for an extraordinary structure symbolising a frame of mind that wittily combines aesthetic daring with technical mastery. The appearance of the Atomium is unusual and unforgettable. It has a rare quality of lifting everyone’s spirits and firing their imagination.
Diane Hennebert, 2008
website: http://atomium.be/#/History.aspx
Our jump shot.
After this Atomium, we head on our journey to The Netherlands - The Amsterdam. Another word for The Netherlands is Holland. This is the place which I always wanna go.
This is the pit stop. Due to the jam, we are reached The Netherlands quite late. Our itinerary for today are push to tomorrow. We have our dinner at this pit stop.
This hotel, Golden Tulip
Amsterdam West. Molenwerf 1, Amsterdam 1014 Ag, Netherlands.
This is the best hotel in the whole trip. They have coffee machine ! Coffee and Latte are fantastic.
Coffee Machine
Tibits and Drinks Vending Machine in the room.
Good night people, cant wait to blog about The Netherlands in my next entry.
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