April 30, 2010
Day 31 Brussels
We had breakfast this morning in our hotel, it being included. That was a nice change. It was pretty decent. Then it was off to the Atomium, another Expo monument. It was a giant molecule monument that looked pretty cool. Trevor wanted to go inside and I had no idea what was in it, so I said sure. We ended up waiting in line to go up inside this monument for probably over half an hour. At this point I still couldn't figure out why we were going inside. Finally we were in the elevator that took us up to the top atom. This ended up being a viewing floor which was similar to any viewing floor for tall structures. You could see Brussels. It was neat, but nothing like some of the other tall structures we've been in. We then started our decent which ended up being quite boring. It was suppose to be sort of like a museum that talked about the World Expo and what its purpose was, but the displays were old and the information repetitive. Had we known, we wouldn't have bothered going inside. Oh well, live and learn. Once out of the structure we decided to go for a bit of a walk around the park area which led us to the Planetarium. We went in and Trevor ended up talking to guy who did a similar thing at this Planetarium as Trevor did at the Telus World of Science (the star shows). They chatted for a bit and then we headed back to the centre of Brussels where we found the main square with some really cool buildings (or rather, art on the buildings). We looked around and checked out some of the chocolate stores (they looked so yummy) and we passed many waffle places (Belgian waffles!) Next attraction was the Manneken Pis, a small statue of a boy peeing into the fountain. When we saw him, he was dressed as a soldier. Apparently he has many outfits, including a Santa Claus outfit at Christmas. By this point I was starving and definitely acting like I was crazy (I'm blaming it on low blood sugar) and thankfully Trevor was willing to deal with the crazy lady. We found a Quick, a fast food joint we had wanted to check out, not for lack of trying I might add. Here is where we found out that apparently you have to pay to use a bathroom, even if you order! Outrageous! Neither of us was happy about it. We even went to the McDonald's to find a free bathroom. Nope, couldn't use it there either (without paying). Not cool. So we returned to the square figuring the info place could tell us a place to pee for free. They suggested eating at a café and using their bathroom. So that's what we did. We grabbed a seat at one of the cafés in the square (outside so we could catch the view) and bought ourselves beers and enjoyed the luxury of free toilet use. I wasn't feeling great, I think I had caught something again, so I decided to head back to the hotel while Trevor went crazy around the city. I ended up reading and writing postcards and we called it an early night when Trevor got back, after watching some shows on the laptop.
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