Landfall - Brussels Sept 7

Landfall - Brussels Sept 7

Flying over, I was on the aisle and every one with a window had their shades pulled down.  Why would you NOT want to see where you are? I had to be content with the seatback map display.

My flight landed in Brussels,  the prosperous, bustling capital of new Europe. I had a seven hour overlay so I left the airport and took a bus to Schuman Place, EU offices.

From there I went to Place d'Albertine where a guy took my picture in front of a statue of Albert I.

I walked around neat streets until I found the famous statue of "Manneken Piss".  I had a bier in a cafe when a bunch of guys celebrating the anniversary of a local brewery, dressed up like they dressed up the Piss boy, came by and made toasts and speaches and hooked the statue up so that at the end of every toast it pissed beer.

I walked a few more blocks to Grand Place, a great plaza in the heart of Brussels where they were having a beer festival (of course).  But alas, I had to get back to the airport.

Back on a Brussels Air flight to Prague, then a bus to the metro and before coming up where I'd rented a small apartment, I got off at Mustek, at the bottom of Vaclavke Namesti.

After 28 years, I was back in Prague.  A lot has changed!