Here are some pictures of Brussels which we took on our trip to see the tatting (see previous post) the weather was about the same as the UK with showers and sun over the four days we were there.
Brussels is the capital of Belgium but it is also the capital of Europe, with the European Parliament and other offices for the EU, I might add we did not get time to go and visit the European Parliament.
These pictures are of the Grand Place Market Square which is the center of Brussels
They have at this time of year in August a flower carpet which is laid in the Grand Place Market Square these next few picture are of the carpet starting to be laid, the green is actual grass turf which they cut around the marked out areas where the flowers will be laid.
Another picture of the Square
Below a picture of the horse waiting for passengers, you can have a horse ride around the center.
This is the flower carpet, its made of flower heads, there are several pictures which I took at several different areas of the square.
The flower heads used were Begonias
This is the famous naughty boy of Brussels, his stature is very famous and is in one corner down a side street off the Grand Place Square.
Of course Belgium is famous for its chocolate and here outside one of the many chocolate shops in Brussels we saw him in chocolate, its not actual chocolate but in a chocolate coloured statue
Well Belgium are known for their Waffles and who would go to Belgium without having a waffle, we had a lovely quite sit in a cafe in the Grand Place Market, where I had a freshly made waffle and fresh cream, yummy, there are lots of street vendors who make the waffles and chips another food Belgium enjoys with Mayo.
In fact over the four days we visited the cafe again and yes I had another waffle, yummy but not if you need to lose weight.
I had to go to the ladies while I was there and of course it had to be upstairs, as I walked up the stairs this little mouse was sitting on a stair, well I just had to take a picture of the cute mouse.
I hope you enjoyed the post of my trip to Brussels, I have one more on Brussels to come
in the meantime I hope you are keeping well
Hugs
Margaret
Amazing buildings and wow those flower heads awesome and so colourful. Nice to see your feeding yourself
ReplyDeleteI did enjoy your trip to Brussels. Flower carpet is astounding. The work that goes into it makes the tatted monument understandable. I knew about the boy statue but not the waffles.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers carpet is so beautiful! It seems your visit was exquisite ;-)
ReplyDeleteMany years since I was in Brussels, and I love it, it's lovely to see your photos, thanks for sharing, Kate x
ReplyDeleteAmazing post Margaret, Thankyou so much for sharing your beautiful photos, that flower bed is simply stunning, the colours alone are awesome, what a wonderful trip, so glad you and Vernon enjoyed it...xxx
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos thank you for sharing Ginny x
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Thank you for sharing pictures, Margaret! I'm pretty sure I'll never make it to Brussels, so it's nice to see pictures from a friend.
ReplyDeleteSuper photographs Margaret, the flowers are beautiful - it looks like you had a super time.
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It's amazing how they managed to put the flowerheads in the right places and how long it took them to do that. Thanks for all the great photos!
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