From Paris, we took the high speed Thalys train to Brussels and checked into Le Metropole Brussels Hotel, built in 1895 as a bank and later converted into a hotel. The architecture is dripping old period charm and character. We later found out that the hotel is in actual fact a tour stop for the city's Heritage Tours.
Views from our hotel balcony...
Lobby area - looks like a former bank doesn't it?
Old lift still useful & we used it without getting stuck!
More than waffles, beer and chocolates...these tempting treats
Brussels beloved Tin Tin & Snowy
Smurfs originated in Brussels
The northern part of Belgium - Flanders are known for their lovely laces & tapestries
Waffles anywhich way you'd like them...
The infamous Manneqin-Pis
Female retort - Jeanneke-Pis inaugurated in 1987
St. Michael & St. Gudula Cathedral
Breathtaking stained glasses ... more intricate than those in Saint Chapelle /Notre Dame
250 different types of brew .... how can you go wrong ?!?
Brussels and mussels go together ...but on this occasion the fish choice was great too!
Chocolate factory shop...difficult to pull yourselves out-a-there
How's that for a good park bench ..lol
Lol..I know Brussels love their frites...;but really ?? '
Royal palace tours only in August
Mom & Pop looking over their babies swimming in the pond
The Atomium - site of unique architecture, created on occasion of 1958 World Expo, symbol of energy and modernity at the time. It consists of 9 spheres (8 on each of the tops and one in the centre) The structure replicates the iron crystal enlarged 165 billion times!!
miniature Europe exhibit in the Atomium grounds
En route to Amsterdam
