First Trip to Belgium 2008 Photo Album
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Frosties!
Oct 9, 2008 – Kellogg's Frosted Flakes are called Frosties in Belgium (seen here at the local Delhaize grocery store), but they're still great.
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Downtown Brussels
Oct 9, 2008 – A street in downtown Brussels that typifies the old-style architecture in Brussels
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Downtown Brussels
Oct 9, 2008 – A street in downtown Brussels that typifies the old-style architecture in Brussels
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Brussels Town Hall
Oct 9, 2008 – Brussels Town Hall in Grand Place. This building was completed 31 years before Christopher Columbus was even born.
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Grand Place
Oct 9, 2008 – Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium
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Manneken Pis
Oct 9, 2008 – Manneken Pis is a famous landmark in Brussels, Belgium
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Manneken Pis
Oct 9, 2008 – Manneken Pis is a famous landmark in Brussels, Belgium
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Brussels Town Hall Tower
Oct 9, 2008 – The tower of Brussels' town hall in Grand Place seen from a distance
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Brussels Architecture
Oct 9, 2008 – A typical mix of old and modern in Brussels, Belgium
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Brussels Town Hall Tower
Oct 9, 2008 – The tower of Brussels' town hall seen from a distance
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The Royal Palace of Brussels
Oct 9, 2008 – The Royal Palace of Brussels. It wasn't particularly fortified or well-guarded. I'm pretty sure I could've taken over their Royal Palace.
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A Street in Brugge
Oct 10, 2008 – A cobblestone street we followed into the center of Brugge, Belgium
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Old Buildings
Oct 10, 2008 – Old buildings in Brugge, Belgium
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The Belfort
Oct 10, 2008 – The Belfort in Brugge, Belgium
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The Markt
Oct 10, 2008 – The Markt (that is not a typo) in Brugge, Belgium
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The Belfort
Oct 10, 2008 – The Belfort in Brugge, Belgium
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The Markt
Oct 10, 2008 – The Markt in Brugge, Belgium
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The Belfort
Oct 10, 2008 – The Belfort stands tall above the Markt in Brugge, Belgium
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Brugge City Hall
Oct 10, 2008 – Brugge's City Hall in the Burg square
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The Burg
Oct 10, 2008 – The Burg in Brugge, Belgium, with its Belfort seen in the background. On the far left side of the photo there is a darker building with gold adornments on its facade and a double-arched entrance. This entrance leads to the Basilica of the Holy Blood, which has a sacred vial that allegedly contains a cloth with the blood of Jesus Christ that the crusaders brought to Brugge in the 12th or 13th century.
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Canal in Brugge
Oct 10, 2008 – A canal in Brugge, Belgium
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Canal in Brugge
Oct 10, 2008 – A canal in Brugge, Belgium
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Brugge Canal Boat Tour
Oct 10, 2008 – The view of some architecture in Brugge, Belgium while on a canal boat tour
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Brugge Canal Boat Tour
Oct 10, 2008 – A photo of a canal in Brugge taken while on a boat tour
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Brugge Architecture
Oct 10, 2008 – A cool building seen from a canal boat tour in Brugge, Belgium
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Cool Architecture in Brugge
Oct 10, 2008 – Cool architecture in Brugge, Belgium
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Brugge Canal Boat Tour Scenery
Oct 10, 2008 – Scenery along the canal boat tour in Brugge, Belgium
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Brugge Canal Scenery
Oct 10, 2008 – Scenery from a Brugge, Belgium canal boat tour. The Belfort stands tall in the background.
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Brugge Canal Scenery
Oct 10, 2008 – Scenery from a Brugge, Belgium canal boat tour. The Belfort stands tall in the background.
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Brugge Canal Scenery
Oct 10, 2008 – Scenery from a Brugge, Belgium canal boat tour. The Belfort stands tall in the background, at right.
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The Belfort
Oct 10, 2008 – The Belfort in Brugge, Belgium
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Brugge
Oct 10, 2008 – Canals and old architecture abound in Brugge, Belgium
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Brussels Sunset
Oct 10, 2008 – Brussels Town Hall's tower with beautiful sunset colors behind
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Manneken Pis
Oct 11, 2008 – Manneken Pis, a famous landmark in Brussels, Belgium, donning a costume of some sort. According to Manneken Pis' Wikipedia page: "On occasion, the statue is hooked up to a keg of beer. Cups will be filled up with the beer flowing from the statue and given out to people passing by."
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The Sacre Coeur
Oct 11, 2008 – The Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Paris, France during the Montmartre Grape Harvest Festival. We did not know about the festival until we arrived!
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Hotel de Ville
Oct 12, 2008 – The Hotel de Ville in Paris, France. This building is not a hotel, however, it's Paris' city hall ("hotel de ville" is French for "city hall").
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The Louvre
Oct 12, 2008 – The exterior of the Louvre museum in Paris, France. The Mona Lisa is somewhere in there.
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The Arc de Triomphe
Oct 12, 2008 – The Arc de Triomphe on Paris' Avenue des Champs-Elysees
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The Arc de Triomphe
Oct 12, 2008 – The Arc de Triomphe on Paris' Avenue des Champs-Elysees
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The Arc de Triomphe
Oct 12, 2008 – The Arc de Triomphe on Paris' Avenue des Champs-Elysees
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Seine River
Oct 12, 2008 – The Seine River with the eery dark outline of the Eiffel Tower (on the left side of the photo, with its two red aircraft warning lights) looms large in the distance
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Eiffel Tower Scene
Oct 12, 2008 – The (unlit) Eiffel Tower looms large in the distance over the Seine River at about 4:30 AM in Paris, France
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The Eiffel Tower
Oct 12, 2008 – The Eiffel Tower. They don't keep it lit all night, ufortunately.
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The Eiffel Tower
Oct 12, 2008 – A blurry, but lighter photo of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
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Brussels Town Hall Tower
Oct 12, 2008 – The Brussels Town Hall tower
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Brussels Street Scene
Oct 12, 2008 – A street scene in Brussels, Belgium with the town hall's tower in the background
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Royal Galleries of Saint-Hubert
Oct 12, 2008 – The Royal Galleries of Saint-Hubert in Brussels, Belgium. It's basically an indoor-outdoor shopping mall in downtown Brussels.
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Awesome Street Performer
Oct 12, 2008 – This guy was the most entertaining street performer I think I've ever seen. He had dozens of people watching him perform. Gotta love the socks and sandals combination.
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Grand Place
Oct 12, 2008 – Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium
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Grand Place
Oct 12, 2008 – Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium
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Grand Place Architecture
Oct 12, 2008 – Architecture at Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium
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Grand Place
Oct 12, 2008 – Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium
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Grand Place
Oct 12, 2008 – The town hall at Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium
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Saint-Antoine Church
Oct 12, 2008 – Saint-Antoine Church in Etterbeek, Belgium
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Saint-Antoine Church
Oct 12, 2008 – Saint-Antoine Church in Etterbeek, Belgium
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Saint-Antoine Church
Oct 12, 2008 – Saint-Antoine Church in Etterbeek, Belgium
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Saint-Antoine Church
Oct 12, 2008 – Saint-Antoine Church in Etterbeek, Belgium
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Saint-Antoine Church
Oct 12, 2008 – Saint-Antoine Church in Etterbeek, Belgium
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