Brussels

We made a day trip to Brussels on Sunday. Brussels is so close, only about a half hour and there is a lot to see.

We started at the Grand Place. Craig told me that it was the best Markt we would see and I agree. It was really awesome. You could spend the day there hanging out. Of course, it was raining when we got there but the sun did manage to come out towards the end of the day.

We also saw Manneken Pis and made lots of pee pee and birdie jokes with Colin. All of the pictures I had seen of it made it look big, but it was really small - about 1 1/2 feet tall.

We drove across town to see the Atomium. It was built in 1958 for the world's fair and is a replica of an atom blown up 165 billion times. I was so glad we did, it was so weird and cool at the same time. There is an elevator that goes straight to the top but then you need to take escaltors to get to the other levels. The escaltors run through the tubes and they are very small and steep. There are windows in the tubes that allow you to look out while you are going up or down. You can easily lose you sense of balance because of the angle you are traveling at and the angles of the balls and tubes you see through the windows.

When we got back to Antwerp, we saw a huge cruise ship docked on the river. We live only a block away from the Schelde so when they sounded the horn, it was really loud. Then they set off fireworks. This is probably the only fireworks we will see this year! I am glad the kids did not wake up from all of the noise. It was probably 10:30 when all of this was going on. It doesn't get really dark until probably around 10:15.

We are getting excited for Mom Mom and Aunt Chris to visit in a week and a half!!