Brussels: Photo Highlights

They say a picture paints a thousands word. I have a thousand photos from our June 2012 visit to Belgium (and another thousand from The Netherlands). I covered our Impressions & Surprises from Brussels in a recent post, but you really want to see photos. Visual highlights from Brussels follow. (Photo credit: some captured by my cameras, some by wife's).

Brussels, BE - Jun 22-24, 2012 - Photo Highlights

Central Station

On an after dinner stroll we stumbled upon this picturesque street at sunset (9:45pm) - Rue de Rollebeek

First night in town we found an excellent dinner at Houtsiplou.

The Bourse (stock exchange & gathering place) - view from our Airbnb apartment, 2 blocks from Grand Place.

St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral

Beer tour stop #1- Au Bon Vieux Temps

Eye catching stained glass in St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral

Grand Place

Grand Place Gargoyle

Belgians have a good sense of humor.

Cotton Candy Man - a colorful character

End of our beer tour.

A rainy day at Place Royal aka Koningsplein
(view from the men's WC in BELvue Museum)

Travel Log: Fun with Dutch

We've run into several funny semi-translated Dutch signs & labels while we've been crisscrossing The Netherlands. At least they're funny to us Americans.

I started snagging photos of 'em...