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Woke up early to make the most of the day. Had breakfast in the hotel restaurant. A quaint little place with buffet breakfast ( best part of anyone meal plans is when buffet is on). Anyway now full and ready to go. I walked along the cobbled streets taking in the views. Headed toward and visited the comic book museum. It's a good hour or two worth of visit. Plenty to see there. To be honest the only characters I know from comics in Belgium is of course tin tin. Lots of photos taken and plenty of models and pictures to admire.
Another day of wandering around but headed towards the main parks. Walked passed tthe European union (EU) building. Got asked by some people on the way to take there photos for them with there mobile phones. Don't mind helping. Made someone's days that's the main thing. Anyway I must stop digressing.
Walking through parc de cinquintenaire I ended up at the Belgian armee museum. Quite a huge museum also has a 1914-1918 exhibition about the Belgians enduring the occupation of the Germans. Quite an interesting museum. As I left I headed through the park admiring its beauty and lakes and fountains towards the royal palaces. Massive places.
Got lost finding way back to main part of Brussels. But ironically you do find interesting things when you are lost. Found some nice restaurants and pubs. Had a portion of frites. Good local cuisine. Then ended up at Grande place again. Went to one of the museums that also house the uniforms and outfits used for mannequin pis. Couldn't believe there were hundreds and hundreds of them and some especially made for different occasions.
I ate again in another restaurant in the Grande place. I tried some horse meat for a change. Quite nice actually. Love trying new cultural things especially there beers or cider.
Brussels is a wonderful place to visit and would love to visit again for a bit longer to visit further afield. Now am back at hotel room preparing for next days travel to a place of many reputations in Amsterdam.............
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