Month: July 2021

            Both routes of the Hop-On-Hop-Off Bus can be picked up outside the Central Train Station.  It is recommended that you ride the entire route once before deciding where to get off.  There are two […]

                  Originally, the Atomium and the Mini Europe Park were for the 1958 Worlds Fair in Brussels, Belgium.  Unfortunately at the time we visited the structure was under repair.  They were allowing […]

        You can pick up a carriage ride in front of the Grand Palace.  Sit down and relax and enjoy the many shops, cafes, restaurants, and the painted murals on the buildings.  You will travel on  narrow […]

        Chocolate Shops are all over Brussels. Even some you know like Godiva.  

            The Grand Palace Plaza is a great place for people watching.  There are many outside cafes with lots of beer stops.  The Beer Museum is located here and is a fun place to stop […]

        Manmarkinpis is a statue of a little boy peeing. The pee falls out into a fountain. This fountain and statue is on a street corner.   This is a huge tourist site in Brussels. 

              Brussels is a vibrant and active city reflecting the old and the new.  It is a great city for walking, shopping, and eating.  Brussels is a mixture of the very old and the […]

              My very favorite restaurant in Brussels is Ommegang located between the train station and the Grand Palace in the old section of town.  We loved it so much we had dinner two days […]

      Brussels, Belgium is a city of many facets. If you take the Hop-On-Hop-Off Bus for both routes you will get a flavor of this city. The Old City is a walking pedestrian cobble stone street area which […]