Daily Archives: July 6, 2013

Brussels

What a day! The whole of Europe in one day….exhausting. We arrived in Brussels yesterday after a quick train ride from Amsterdam where we said goodbye to Jess. We chilled out for the arvo and even managed to cook our own dinner for the first time in a while.

This morning we headed out to look round the city. It is a very nice city, and even on a Saturday morning seemed very quiet. Our first stop was the cathedral, which was huge.

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The cathedral

We then made our way to the Grand Place which is a big square that is surrounded by amazing buildings.

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Grand Place
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Grand Place
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Grand Place
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Grand Place
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Grand Place

Next we walked down to the Palais de Justice. It is an awesome building but was like a lot of other buildings on our trip, under construction!

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Palais de Justice

We then decided to do a tour of Europe so headed to Mini Europe and the Atomium. Was a really cool place to see but made us realise that there is sooo much more that we have not seen on this trip.

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Grand Place
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Viking
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Chilling in the clogs
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Amsterdam
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Big Ben
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Changing of the guards
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Changing of the guards
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The chunnel from England to France
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My archenemy: The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The Brandedeburger Tor and dismantling of the wall in Berlin
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Austrian wine maker
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Austrian wine maker
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Atomium

On our way home we checked out the Parc de Bruxelles and the Palais Royal.

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Parc de Bruxelles
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Palais Royal

Last night in Brussels tonight. We are going to Bruges tomorrow. Danielle is currently eating some Zespri Kiwifruit straight from NZ!