Belgium

We met a guy with two kids on the bicycles outside the train station. He taught us how the metro actually works in Belgium, and also some culture difference in Belgium. He also told us that Belgium had no government for a certain period already. Luckily we met him, or we will be staring half an hour at the maps.

The hotel we stayed was not that bad, except that it was a bit old. The lift had a door which moves down as the lift goes up. First time I saw this. We had our private toilet too. Oh it was Hotel Manhattan by the way. Belgium, the city of chocolates, wafers and beers. But the chocolates we brought home after a month, they melt as we dint put them in the fridge for more than one month.

 Belgium Beer

So, we had only one day in Belgium, and we went to Atomium, which was build for an expo and the symbol of Belgium. It was quite far, so we took a metro there. The thing is, we were not really sure how the metro works, and we can actually walk through the gate without paying anything, board the train, and reach our destination. What the hell…. Certain stations have gates which disallow you to pass without tickets, but certain stations actually allow you to walk through. Or maybe the gate malfunctions. By anyway, Atomium is kinda a huge atom, but there is nothing but expo inside. We figured that since we were there already, so we went in to have a look.

Atomium

Then we went walking around the city center, went to Royal Palais, Grand Place, St Micheal and St Gudula Catedral and other site seeing. Manneken Pis, which represent Brussel, is actually a very small sculpture, with a huge crowd surrounding it at the corner of the street. So, this was that little boy who urinate at the fuse to save the city. 

 Royal Palais

Interior of the palais

Grand Place

Manneken Pis