EUROPEAN DIARY

PART 3

   Belgium: The Nation known for its chocolates, architecture, fries and football- Belgium was our next destination. Belgium is the neighbouring country of France, Netherland and Germany. They don’t have their own language but prefer using French and German or Dutch. With a population of around 11million, Belgium is a Happy Place to live in.

    We departed from France, Paris to be specific in the morning and reached Brussels (the capital of Belgium) in the noon. The first thing I saw there was an amazing network of Trams on the roads. We went to the Brussels City Centre and found many buildings and palaces in the famous Belgian architecture. They look eye-captivating and also the various floriculture exhibited there. The exotic flowers, make you want to sit there and relax for some time.

Palace

         

Flowers at every end

    Later, we walked our way to the major attraction of Brussels, ‘Manneken-Pis’. As the word Pis suggests Pissing, this is the statue of a small boy pissing. It is believed that because of the urination of this child, the entire country was saved as there had been fire all around. This is the most photographed statue in Belgium but is only of about 60cm in height.

Manneken- Pis

    Then it was the time to treat ourselves with delicious chocolates! There are many outlets nearby selling The Belgian Chocolates and you can buy them. Belgian chocolates are outstanding, they are a bit different than Swiss Chocolates because of the chocolate and milk variation. You must definitely buy a lot of chocolates from there.

   We then roamed in the city and purchased Souvenirs. They have great Souvenirs in the shops like a Glass Boot Having Photos of Belgium. We ate the famous Belgian Ice Cream Bar there and departed to see another sight there.

    It is called ‘The Atomium’.  It is a huge structure with 9 steel balls representing some chemical arrangement (I don’t remember any scientific thing now). Around 500m ahead is a water fountain from where you can click pictures. You might edge to see a rainbow from there as well. The Dutch land was calling us and we had to leave.

Atomium, Belgium

    Belgium is a Nice Country, you can definitely spend 2 to 3 days there. I didn’t do many things there which you’ll can do:                                            1. Eat the Famous Local Food and Fries.

2. Enjoy the night life there by visiting Beer Pubs there, you will not spot people out in the evening but inside a pub.

Belgium is a unique and peaceful country. The people there are very pleasant and interact with tourists properly.

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