{"id":201,"date":"2015-05-23T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2015\/05\/brussels-belgium.html\/"},"modified":"2019-04-03T15:29:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T08:29:02","slug":"brussels-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2015\/05\/23\/brussels-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels, Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A whiff of waffle!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">May 2015<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">With that first smell of sweet waffles,\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">cooking on the street corners,\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I knew I was back!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I have lived in Belgium twice. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">All of a sudden it seems a lifetime ago, indeed nearly 20 years,\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">since our son was born here.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So many fond memories and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">lasting friendships formed in the school playgrounds&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Brussels is a fabulous city to live and also to visit.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-NJLrsvxWWU8\/VWCfFEEeEuI\/AAAAAAAAGFQ\/fdVseEkmZ2U\/s1600\/Belgium2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-NJLrsvxWWU8\/VWCfFEEeEuI\/AAAAAAAAGFQ\/fdVseEkmZ2U\/s640\/Belgium2.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s small enough, to enjoy the major visitor attractions in a big weekend;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Grand Place, Manneken Pis, Royal Palace, Parlamentarium etc. A<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">dd in a few museums, some art galleries\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and enjoy a beer or kir royale, whilst chomping through some\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">pomme frites with mayonnaise,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">or how about a fresh crusty baguette with gorgeous cheese\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">from an outdoor market? A<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">nd before you know it, you&#8217;re sad you&#8217;re leaving, but have had a cracking time.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0I am here to wander\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and enjoy wrapping myself\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">in the\u00a0familiarity\u00a0of my old Belgium life&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Sharing a sundowner drink in a pretty square with old friends,\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">or wandering through Parc Leopold,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">laughing and reminiscing.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It is fun to be back in this city of contrasts,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0the ultra new&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-yHt929SRwHU\/VV9b1Uin68I\/AAAAAAAAGDk\/xta1LgYIwxs\/s1600\/Belgium.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-yHt929SRwHU\/VV9b1Uin68I\/AAAAAAAAGDk\/xta1LgYIwxs\/s640\/Belgium.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">To the seriously old&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Well by Aussie standards<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Living in Australia we don&#8217;t have the buildings with this heritage.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>Brussels is wow overload!<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OfAA1noiH58\/VWCfjJU91uI\/AAAAAAAAGFY\/1HznMvdc5-w\/s1600\/Belgium1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OfAA1noiH58\/VWCfjJU91uI\/AAAAAAAAGFY\/1HznMvdc5-w\/s640\/Belgium1.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">If you love culture and architecture, then you will love Brussels.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">At every turn, there seems to be something interesting&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Even if it is the barbed wire security fencing which is piled up\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">ready for use around the European Parliament<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-dnc9-OHIDvE\/VV9lo1JOvGI\/AAAAAAAAGEI\/haYZDhW0Nnc\/s1600\/Belgium4.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-dnc9-OHIDvE\/VV9lo1JOvGI\/AAAAAAAAGEI\/haYZDhW0Nnc\/s640\/Belgium4.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The mega cute buildings, standing proud, wrought iron balconies<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0and the brightly coloured geraniums in window boxes, like we once had!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Q2mvib1N_cM\/VWA1YdaT6EI\/AAAAAAAAGEg\/fXOsBGDomvg\/s1600\/Brussels7.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Q2mvib1N_cM\/VWA1YdaT6EI\/AAAAAAAAGEg\/fXOsBGDomvg\/s640\/Brussels7.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0Being in the Capital of Europe everything seems to be on such a grand scale<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">However now living in Melbourne, four times as populated,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Brussels seems small!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I love the visit to the European Parliament. The interactive Parlamentarium museum tells the history of the European Union. It is well done.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">As I visit David Cameron is in Riga, Latvia\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">attending a EU Summit and asking for reforms before the future\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">British in\/out referendum\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">on Britain&#8217;s EU Membership in 2017<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-6uXZpBmXxIs\/VWA45irzuTI\/AAAAAAAAGEs\/eWVGCo9lZrw\/s1600\/Brussels2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-6uXZpBmXxIs\/VWA45irzuTI\/AAAAAAAAGEs\/eWVGCo9lZrw\/s640\/Brussels2.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0We enjoyed the Chagall exhibition at the Museum des Beaux-Arts.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Chagall is fascinating painter,\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">each painting full of symbolism and hidden meaning.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-rDAvyhrLTxI\/VWA9Z0X95mI\/AAAAAAAAGE4\/NKPT7Xe63hg\/s1600\/Brussels3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-rDAvyhrLTxI\/VWA9Z0X95mI\/AAAAAAAAGE4\/NKPT7Xe63hg\/s640\/Brussels3.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I hope you have enjoyed a little wander with me in Brussels<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Tomorrow join me as I visit fellow Blogger, Gattina to visit Waterloo!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Have a lovely weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-5u7G7BFzQ9M\/VWA-IUdNaBI\/AAAAAAAAGFA\/JtrdVYrwl4Q\/s1600\/lww_2.png\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-5u7G7BFzQ9M\/VWA-IUdNaBI\/AAAAAAAAGFA\/JtrdVYrwl4Q\/s320\/lww_2.png?resize=320%2C106\" width=\"320\" height=\"106\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Linking with the following thanks to the lovely hosts at:<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weekendreflection.blogspot.fr\/\">Weekend Reflections<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/smilingsally.blogspot.com.au\/\">Blue Monday<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavendercottagegardening.com\/2015\/05\/mosaic-monday-42-spring-blooms.html\">Mosaic Monday<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A whiff of waffle! 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