Brussels

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The Grande Place, in the old part of Brussels:

Another view - the whole square was surrounded by beautiful old buildings such as these:

A few streets away, the famous Mannekin Pis:

And we seem to have another contender....

The shops in that area were full of statuettes of the Mannekin, of various qualities.  We bought three or four, but managed to lose them somewhere in the seven times we repacked our luggage!

Leaving Brussels, we managed to get a look at the Atomium monument, famous for some reason which we didn't catch.  This photo was taken as the coach lurched round a roundabout at great speed...

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