POST - RIVER CRUISE - SERIES #2

"And this was my impression of Brussels as a whole; it seems as if an interior designer had carefully and tastefully created the whole city. Everything seemed to match: beginning w/ a standard flower arrangement on Grand Place, up to the eye-catching ornamental patterns on the buildings." - KleesButterfly

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - APRIL 5, 2014 - (Morning Tour)

Welcome Back To Brussels, Belgium! Our First Visit Here Was In 1987 During Our Grand European Tour With Brendan/Globus. It Was A Beautiful Summer Night When We Had Our First Glimpse Of Brussels. Felt Lucky To Have Seen Brussels At Night, The First Time. The Memory Of That Beautiful Night Never Faded From Our Memories. For Our Second Time Around, We Joined A Day Trip With Viator Tour. Brussels Was Only Two And A Half Hours Drive From Amsterdam.  Brussels Was Also Beautiful At Springtime. The Pink Cherry Flowers Were Blooming Riotously.   

Another Close Up View Of The Cherry Blossom Tree In The City Of Brussels.

The Famous Atomium In Brussels. We Didn't See This Amazing Sight During Our First Trip As We Arrived In Brussels At Nightfall. Luckily, During Our Brussels Tour Today,  This Was Our First. The Atomium As seen Through The Maze Of Spreading Branches Pointing Upward.

Welcome To The Atomium! This Was A Spectacular Must - See- Sight in Brussels. It  Was Built For The World's Fair Expo '58. How Wonderful To Finally See It!

Atomium Was 335 Feet Tall. It's 9 Large Spheres Were Connected W/ Tubes To Form The Shape Of A Unit Cell Of An Iron Crystal, Magnified Of Course, To 165 Billion Times.  It Was Outstanding And Creative To Use Idea Of (Atom & Bond)  Into Building A Unique Feat In The History Of Architecture.

  The Atomium Today Was The Most Popular Attraction In Brussels.

Our Tour Bus Drove Around The Beautiful City Of Brussels. Like Amsterdam, This City Got Canals Too But Not As Many. Here's A View Of One Of The Canals W/ Big Sculpture Nearby. 

A Closer View Of The Canal W/ Row Houses Along  

Photo Of Downtown Brussels.

There Were A Number Of War-Related Monuments Around Brussels. This Was The National Infantry Monument (Covering WW1 And WW11).

The Monument Of The Unknown Soldier was Buiried At The Foot Of The Congress Column, The National Monument Of Belgium.

"Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get." - Forrest Gump in "Forrest Gump" (1994)