BRUSSELS IS WONDERFUL

 Toured Brussels, Belgium yesterday. 

We were met at the Atomium by by Blue-bar Pigeon.

The Atomium was the centerpiece of the 1958 Brussels Word's Fair, also called Expo9 58.  Stands 335 feet tall and clas with stainless steel., with the representation of an iron crystal cell magnified 165 billion times.  It was scheduled to be torn down after the Expo, but kept being rescued year after year until 2004 when it was closed for two years to replace the aluminum sheets on the spheres with stainless steel.  It is today a museum, art center and cultural destination.

Home of the European Union.

There are beggars and homeless in Brussels.

Even a Hawaii poke bowl restaurant.

Apparently, as you rent these, you can leave them anywhere.

Returned in time for lunch.  Notice the color of the river?  It is never blue.  Sort of a murky greenish hue.

Returned for a truly great lunch of salad and corn soup with red wine, followed by fish and chips with beer and white wine.

Fortified, we went out on a chocolate demonstration tour.

Basically, cacao beans, sugar and milk.

You can even buy chocolate beer.

Came back for the salute to the staff reception.

At this point we were supersaturated with food and drinks, so our final supper, went to Arthur's for nachos, hamburger and beer.

Ah, but the night was not over, for we had to partake of the chocolate jubilee.

Mozart chocolate liquer.

We next fly to Barcelona to board the Regent Seven SeasVoyager.

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