The ship left Southampton, England, Sunday evening sailing
through the English Chanel, passing the White Cliffs of Dover around midnight
(I was very disappointed that I missed that sight), and arriving at the port of
Zeebrugge, Belgium around 8:00 a.m.
Belgium is a country about the size of Rhode Island centrally
located in Europe. The people speak three different
languages: mostly French, some Flemish,
and a little German. They have a royal family -- Philippe is currently the king. They also have a very complex political
system, so much so that their last election in 2010 took 500+ days to determine
the winning party, setting a record in the Guiness Book of World Records.We had to drive by motorcoach for about 2 hours to get to Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium, and the capital of the European Union (EU), and the headquarters for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Brussels has a population of about 1.1 million people.
Brussels City Hall
The royal family has two residences in Brussels and this one is called “The Library"
(This picture shows but one quarter of the building.)
The Worlds’ Fair was held in Brussels in 1958. The ATOMIUM is a model of a molecule of Iron
billions of times larger than normal which was created for that fair. Each of the spokes has walkways inside and
each of the spheres houses a retail establishment with a restaurant at the top.
Flower arrangements on the sidewalks.
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