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After crossing the English Channel at Dover, England on Monday May 5, we met our tour director and driver in Calais, France. We then drove to Brussels which is the capitol of Belgium and the European Union. We went to the city square for dinner (first picture). Belgium is famous for its waffles, fries and chocolate. We had all three for dinner! Not healthy but delicious.
According to the Belgians, American troops fell in love with their fries but the soldiers thought they were in France and mistakenly dubbed them "french fries". I do not know if that is true but we had the best fries ever in Brussels. The Belgian waffles were also great and for desert we had Belgian Chocolate.
The second picture is Brussels beloved statue Mannekin Pis. There are lots of stories about this statue. One is the boy defused a bomb by peeing on it. Another is that a witch caught him peeing on her door step and she turned him into a statue. Who knows. We saw it and I got a picture.
The third picture is the former palace. It is now used for the cabinet and presidential offices. Across the street is park which used to be the palace's backyard. It is now Brussels Central Park. The last picture is the White Cliffs of Dover taken from the ferry.
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