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| Fair trade chocolate in the main train station in Brussels |
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| Le Botanique (gardens and orangery refurbished as concert venue) |
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| Gorgeous greens on a gloomy, freezing day |
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| Team crocodile! |
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| Example of scale of European palaces--one wing of a four-winged palace (Note the men putting up the sign for a museum event.) |
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| Perplexing sequence of instructions |
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| Wells Fargo made it into the world cultures collection at the Cinquantenaire Museum! |
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| Art piece in the "heart room" at the Cinquantenaire |
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| Carriage (yes, pulled by a dragon) on display at the Cinquantenaire |
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| Bit of modern Brussels |
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| Selection from the circle of banners surrounding the entrance to the European Union headquarters |
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| View of the "Grand Place" from "the Square" |
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| Organic quiche and fair trade cocoa from Exxi |
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| Typical European juxtaposition of old and new |
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| Winner: Most Organized Chocolate |
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| Typical small houses |
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| Waiting for my train back to Paris |
Highlights
- Easily finding fair trade chocolate--I had read online that it is rare in this chocolate capital of the world, but it turns out that it is easy to obtain from suppliers of organic goods
- Amusingly absurd statues in the Le Botanique
- Easily navigating my third metro system in as many days
- Incredibly intricate carvings depicting martyred saints in the Cinquantenaire Museum (lighting prohibited decent pictures)
- Beautiful shades of green in the moss on the trees and stone
- Courtesy of drivers towards pedestrians
- Quick and comfortable trip back to Paris via train
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