some of you might be asking yourself, why are you goin to brussels??? i had the exact same question, so i answered myself. i said, "joe, it's the headquarters of the EU and an emerging business center of the 21st century - plus i like strawberries and waffles, especially together." that seemed to be a great reason for me - oh yea, there's also the part about it costing a BUNCH less to fly in and out of brussels than any other european city. appeal to the money, always appeal to the money. little did i know that it is also a major location for designer chocolates. if you're like me, you prolly didn't even know there WAS such a thing as "designer chocolates" - but they got'em.
so the only thing i ever heard about brussels was that they had this HUGE model of an atom. we checked it out and it was alright, but not worth the 3hour line of people. so appease yourselves with this ground view. after visiting the "Atomium" or whatever it's called, we headed back into town to grab some eats.
right across the street from the belgium waffle place (which they're called brussels waffles over there) was a belgium fries place. now, i had never heard of belgium fries before. but EY assured me that they were a tantalizing treat for my tastebuds. so we had them, in my opinion they're just fries in a paper cone holder. but i'm just a stupid american, so what do i know.
after this quick pit stop, we decided to wander the streets a bit. our attention promptly became focused on a group of people takin pictures on what appeared to be a random street corner. so obviously, we flocked to the group. what we saw BOGGLED my mind. apparently everyone was worked up cause there was a little bronze statue on the wall peein into a small fountain. EY seems to think that this statue is world famous, but i'm gonna argue that until i see the proof on google. so we went up to take a look at this peculiar tribute. turns out it was even more absurd on this day cause he was wearin a scout uniform. thinkin hard back to all the attractions we'd seen that day, EY and i remembered seein a gaggle of kids all wearin weird hats and had kerchiefs tied around their necks. turns out there's some sort of world scout jamboree in brussels at this time and the statue was dressed to commemorate this. so i also took a pic of a model of how the statue shoulda looked just for reference purposes.
there was also a story about "le petit julien" and how he came to be. what it boils down to is that his parents were shoppin at the local mall and lost him (like that ever happens). apparently they said he wandered off under the clothes (yea, i've heard that one before). as he was tryin to find his way back home, he himself made a pit stop. well, his dad was actually lookin for him and caught up at this moment. findin this extremely funny, the father wanted to eternally torment his son by makin this a lastin image for everyone in the city to see. for some reason all the brusselonians (??) seem to love this kid and feel a connection with him. silly belgians...
some of you might be asking yourself, why are you goin to brussels??? i had the exact same question, so i answered myself. i said, "joe, it's the headquarters of the EU and an emerging business center of the 21st century - plus i like strawberries and waffles, especially together." that seemed to be a great reason for me - oh yea, there's also the part about it costing a BUNCH less to fly in and out of brussels than any other european city. appeal to the money, always appeal to the money. little did i know that it is also a major location for designer chocolates. if you're like me, you prolly didn't even know there WAS such a thing as "designer chocolates" - but they got'em.
so the only thing i ever heard about brussels was that they had this HUGE model of an atom. we checked it out and it was alright, but not worth the 3hour line of people. so appease yourselves with this ground view. after visiting the "Atomium" or whatever it's called, we headed back into town to grab some eats.
right across the street from the belgium waffle place (which they're called brussels waffles over there) was a belgium fries place. now, i had never heard of belgium fries before. but EY assured me that they were a tantalizing treat for my tastebuds. so we had them, in my opinion they're just fries in a paper cone holder. but i'm just a stupid american, so what do i know.
after this quick pit stop, we decided to wander the streets a bit. our attention promptly became focused on a group of people takin pictures on what appeared to be a random street corner. so obviously, we flocked to the group. what we saw BOGGLED my mind. apparently everyone was worked up cause there was a little bronze statue on the wall peein into a small fountain. EY seems to think that this statue is world famous, but i'm gonna argue that until i see the proof on google. so we went up to take a look at this peculiar tribute. turns out it was even more absurd on this day cause he was wearin a scout uniform. thinkin hard back to all the attractions we'd seen that day, EY and i remembered seein a gaggle of kids all wearin weird hats and had kerchiefs tied around their necks. turns out there's some sort of world scout jamboree in brussels at this time and the statue was dressed to commemorate this. so i also took a pic of a model of how the statue shoulda looked just for reference purposes. 
there was also a story about "le petit julien" and how he came to be. what it boils down to is that his parents were shoppin at the local mall and lost him (like that ever happens). apparently they said he wandered off under the clothes (yea, i've heard that one before). as he was tryin to find his way back home, he himself made a pit stop. well, his dad was actually lookin for him and caught up at this moment. findin this extremely funny, the father wanted to eternally torment his son by makin this a lastin image for everyone in the city to see. for some reason all the brusselonians (??) seem to love this kid and feel a connection with him. silly belgians...
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Those Silly parents. Why would any parent 1)lose a child, and 2)take a picture of the cutie peeing?
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