Saturday, November 22, 2008

Brussels

Brussels is a beautiful city, even more so than cities in Netherland. Actually, it resembles Paris to a certain extent. Half the people speak French and the other half speak some dialect that resembles dutch. There are a lot of chinese too in Brussels, a lot of the Belgium chocolate shop are run by chinese, I just have to wonder if those chocolates and truffles are really made in Belgium as they claimed or is it made in China.
Belgium school children on their school outing. It is quite cold in Belgium during our visit and the temperature is about 7-8celsius. Quite a few of the Belgium school kids are wearing shorts.














The statue in the background of this photo is called the "Manneken Pis". It is a tiny statue of a little boy urinating into a fountain. This little statue is the national symbol of Belgium and I don't understand it. I think it is more of a scam to attract the tourist. We walked a few blocks away from the statue and the chocolate shops are selling much bigger version of the "little boy urinating" statue made out of chocolate or various candy. See photos below


Belgium waffles, this stuff is good and almost every street corner has a waffle stall. This stuff is served piping hot and it is really good. Much better than waffle or pancake in IHOP or Dennys.


Eating Indian kari in Brussels.


masala chicken in the Indian restaurant



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