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Manneken Pis, the tiny little statue fourth photograph down, is the one thing that every guide I read was telling me to go see in Brussels. My opinion on that subject: meh. It was okay, this little statue, but it wasn't anything fabulous. That being said, I didn't really know the history behind it when I saw it, so my opinion was more "Where are these chips I've been hearing about?" than "Fantastic statue!". What I actually enjoyed more was seeing all the comic book art depicting the statue around the city. Every character depicted in a sign seemed to be peeing.
There were lots of other characters though that weren't peeing. Brussels is comic book central for anyone aspiring to write something a la Tin Tin or Asterix (a.k.a. the only two comic books I know of). There were large murals up the sides of buildings celebrating the famous characters created in Brussels, many of which I had never seen before. There was also lots of random art installations across the city, some were advertisements whilst others just seemed to be there for no reason at all other than to make people smile. Brussels seemed a little like this, like it just wanted to make you smile. Brussels was our third stop on the trip. We only had two nights there, so a much shorter stop this time around! I had no idea how we were going to find out what was best to do in such a short time, not having done as much research about the city as I had for other ones. Luckily, our hotel came to the rescue. They had partnered with a tour company that offered free walking tours around the city. Um, perfect! The company turned out to be one of our favourites of the trip and we ended up doing walking tours in a few other places as well. We met up with the tour in Grande Place, one of the most beautiful squares in Europe. The buildings are absolutely gorgeous, so detailed and ornate. There was also a very large Christmas tree, making the whole place even more magical.
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Hi! I'm Louise. I am a writer, photographer, traveler, book fanatic and blogger. I love to post about my adventures and the little things I do that make life fun.
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