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01/28/2005
The city historical museum.

01/28/2005
Manequin Pis. This is nothing but a tourist attraction. It's a tiny fountain consisting of a little boy carved out of black marble pissing into a fountain. (Pis means fountain in French, not piss.) The pissing boy is now the symbol of Belgium.

01/28/2005
Nothing in Brussels is this lush. It's just a way of decorating a very ugly parking spot.

01/28/2005
The last remnant of the wall that used to surround Brussels from as long as 1000 AD.

01/28/2005
Tombstone of a couple who were buried in the church in the next picture.

01/28/2005
A famous church in Brussels. I forget the name, and I am much to tired to look it up right now.

01/28/2005
Statue of some kaiser with a soldier. The water in the pond is frozen.

01/28/2005
A statue in memory of the dead soldisers of WWI. WWI is rather prominent in Belgian history. I think it's because Germany attached through Belgium. Was part of the infamous Western Fron in Belgium? Anybody know this?

01/29/2005
Another WWI memorial in the square by the Hall of Justice.

01/29/2005
Closeup of the memorial.

01/29/2005
One of many statues of Greek philosophers at the Ministry of Justice.

01/29/2005
Main hall at the Palais des Beaux Arts. This is a very nice, very small, very manageable museum that has everything from medieval and ancient art to modern art. The Magrit collection is excellent. Thanks Johannes.

01/29/2005
View from one of the hills.

01/31/2005
Panorama of the city from the square in front of the Ministry of Justice.

12/9/2004
Me in front of Hotel de Ville (City Hall), Mons, Belgium.

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