Brussels - Day 2

Day 2 in Brussels was the day of our third anniversary. Besides the fact that we were there, we didn't do anything special in particular. After breakfast at the hotel we took a stroll to the otherside of town to visit the comic strip museum. Along the way we found the female counterpart to Manneke Pis - Jeanneke Pis. We also found the National Bank museum, which was also quite interesting.
Jeanneke Pis
Beautiful Brussels
The passage.
Many, many famous comic strips originate from Belgium, so it is only natural that there would be a museum about it. We probably could have stayed for hours had we wanted to read each and every cartoon. Most of them were in French actually, but a lot of them were in Dutch.






At the museum gift store we saw a cut cardboard Waldo hidden away in the corner. It had obviously been part of a display but was no longer in use. We decided to try and see if we could buy it. First the lady said no, but when she saw which one we meant she said we could just have it! COOL! We love the Where's Waldo books, and now we can make our own Where's Waldo photos! We started by taking pictures in the metro on the way to the Atomium.


The atomium. We decided we wanted to go inside and that it wouldn't be too high up for Tom (who sometimes has a fear of heights). But after assending to the top in an elevator that only took about 4 seconds, we realized it did actually feel a little bit too high up.



The top sphere was really cool and offered panoramic views of the city. We were planning on eating lunch there, but decided against it.
The other spheres had museum exhibits and a snack room. This picture is taken from an escalator in one of the connecting tubes.
Liz in front of International Home of Cooking, the Brussels DOK store.
Before dinner we had some drinks at the Grote Markt again.