Brussels Day Two
Or time for some culture.
Today was gonna (or should I say going to) be a day of culture. First stop was the Museum of Fine Arts (or in dutch the Musea voor Schone Kunsten van Belgie) which contained a vast collection of excellent paintings (particularly Flemish) from the 14th century onwards. It was most impressive, particularly those done by Bruegel the younger (although his Fathers work was quite good as well).
We also did a quick lap around the modern art section which, like most modern art, was weird and wacky and not really to my liking. But hey I am sure someone appreciates it.
After the museum it was time to go souvenir and postcard hunting via the Manneken Pis which is a statue of a little boy pissing. My grandmother has a statue of this from when she visited as a kid, so it was pretty cool seeing it. This signalled the end of our cultural tour!!
The afternoon was spent drinking beer and writing postcards (yeah it was tough) from a lovely place on the Grote Markt (or Grand Place for you heathens).
A quick stop at Neuhaus for some chocolates before heading back to the train station for our (first class) trip home.
A funky painting
Its twin
The Manneken Pis
The Galeries St Hubert
More of St Hubert
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Tip for those purchasing chocolates in the world's first chocolatier (Neuhaus in the Galeries St. Hubert), if you ask for an assorted box they just grab one off the shelf. The problem with this is that you then miss out on seeing the elaborate procedure where they select the chocolates and wrap the box, which is a delight.
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