We walked over to see the “Manneken-pis” From what we hear no one really knows why this tiny statue of a boy peeing a jet of water has become such a cherished symbol of Brussels, but it has. Since the early 18th century, costumes of all kinds have been made for him, he now has over 650!

We walked through some of the cute shops and of course had to have a really yummy Belgium waffle. We then walked over to the “Restaurant de la Bourse” for dinner it was so good. Mike had escargot as a starter yek! He loved it though. We walked again over to the “Grand Square” where there was a concert going on. It was pretty cool with all the night lights etc. The band was pretty good and the sound, especially the bass were awesome in that great square!!! We thought of Andrew, he would have really loved this! We walked back to the hotel which was about 3 blocks and relaxed the rest of the night. Tomorrow we will spend a little more time in Brussels then drive over to Brugge.

Monday May 8, 2006
The bed at the Marriott was wonderful! We love the down mattress covers. We really want to get one of these!! We slept on one in a hotel in Japan too! We could have slept all day, but we got up about 8:30 a.m. We ate breakfast at Mc Donald’s since it was right around the corner from our hotel. We then walked over to the “St. Michael’s Cathedral.” We went inside it was really pretty. Along both sides of the cathedral are the apostles in stone. It was a cool Cathedral. We then walked over to the “Royal Palace.”