Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Bus Tour Belgium

Yesterday Grandma Nan and Liz took a bus trip to our neighbors to the south, Belgium. We took a bus tour that departed from Amsterdam. We were joined by many other tourists, including the most typical "ugly american" who, if nothing else, provided something we could laugh about. We had a fun day!
On the bus as we left Amsterdam.
Some tulip fields on the Dutch side of the border.

The bus brought us to Antwerp first where we had just an hour and a half to look around. We decided to get a fabulous meal! We went to a lovely little restaurant where the menu had just two first courses and two main courses and were greeted with a delightful peach champagne. We then had an amuse of whipped goat cheese. For the first course Grandma had stuffed salmon rolls and Liz had some super asparagus. Unfortunately, our time ran out before we got to enjoy the main course. Such a shame...

After that we headed to Brussels. We made a brief stop at the Atomium for a photo op.
Grandma and Liz is Brussels!
The Atomium has been a Brussels monument since the 1958 World's Fair.

We then went to the center of Brussels had a little over two hours to explore. We had some dessert at a cafe in the Passage, visited the famous statue of Manneke Pis, and had a Belgium waffel before finding our way back to the group.
St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral
Grandma by a beautiful lace shop
Manneke Pis

3 comments:

rachel said...

Wow, jullie hebben een hoop gedaan in zo'n korte tijd! Alsof heel België één stad is! Amerikaans zeker ;)

Ik zie jullie in elk geval woensdag, leuke uitnodiging had je gemaakt! geniet van de koninginnenach en dag, ga je de nach onveilig maken met Nancy??

xx

Katherine said...

Wow!!! Looks fabulous! The architecture is really beautiful! And you two look sooooo good!!! I'm jealous of all the wonderful food you guys enjoyed :) I spent 16 hours at the library today... try not to be too jealous. Belgium is a close 2nd to the Pacific Library on the coolness scale :p Wish I could have been with you... All my love! xoxoxo

Katherine said...

p.s. I'm thrilled to see Mum wearing sunglasses! Elizabeth, you should be wearing some, too! Our retina's are NOT going to protect themselves! Plus, there is still no cure for macular degeneration which we are certainly predisposed to... there, that's my lecture, I am done :) Oh, and I will hook you up with prescription sunglasses if you'd like... xoxo