We had a fine day walking through new town, after a smoky breakfast at the hotel. Ah, the traditional white hard roll and butter. But this is Brussells, so we also had a croissant (cereal, hard-boild eggs and fruit available on the sidebar).
We headed to the Brussells Parliment across from a city park laid out in 1776. The lilacs are in bloom in the park and there are health-concious joggers in all directions. Checked out the Palace of Justice and saw a church with a stolen Virgin Mary (must be God’s will). Checked out a sculpture garden park and a park with 36 Medival statues. Lunched at a Musical Instruments cafe that had a great view of the city and what I would soon find out to be Amsterdam architecture.
We spent the afternoon in the Ancient and Modern art museum covering the 14th to 18th century of Belgian and Flemish artists. They certainly had a fixation with the church back then. The modern art was more varied.. okay, Magritte is always a favorite… Dali is a nightmare in fantasy.. and the -8 floor (they really go down 8 floors from the surface) was well.. stupid… three black canvases… one red square… Bauhaus was quite a scam in the art field, if you ask me. Our return from floor -8 had a huge elevator with seats to relax on.. which of course we did. Dang, only back on floor -3. We wandered around some more and observed many art student flirting more than working on the color comparison pallettes that look like the assignment. It was a cute wander. Finally, we made it back to the surface.
Derrell decided at this fine time, that maybe the shoes needed replacement. Hmm, bet this will be a theme for a few days.
We saw a chunk of the original 13th century wall of the city and a lovely street of antique shops. Thankfully, all downhill back to the hotel.
Hmm.. tried out the brewery at A la Becasse. Lambic Doux.. now that is a good lambic… no make that a fantastic lambic. Headed over for an Italian dinner in a yellow (do they paint the interiors any differently?) walled restaurant. Wanted to stay out and watch the light show in the square.. but that damn jet lag caught up again.
