| Belgium The city of Brussels |
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| From Paris we took the bus to Brussels and completely by chance ended up arriving the day before their national holiday, and boy, do Belgians ever celebrate their national day! I don't think a single person was left inside (left)! |
| Even the King (right) came out! Yes, we saw the Belgian king and his wife thanks to a tip given to us by a crazy looking man on the street the evening before. |
| We couldn't leave Belgium without trying Belgian waffles... |
| ...Nor could we leave without tasting Belgian beer--the best of which is brewed at the abbeys apparently. |
| The night before we left we were treated to the most fantastic thunder and lighting storm either of us has ever experienced. Dave took this picture while poking his head out the tent door, lowering the camera shutter speed and just taking picture after picture until one turned out. |