On the streets of Bruges
The road leading into Dinant
Dinant by day
Dinant by night
Maredsous Abbye
Eli at the citadel
After letting him wear himself out for a bit, we got back in the car and started to head for the town of Tourpes. However, as we were leaving the citadel parking lot we saw a sign for an ostrich farm and decided to go check it out. After driving a few kilometers we came upon this sight in a field on the side of the road:
The ostrich were extremely curious and came right up to the fence to check us out. Eli absolutely loved it. Once we had our fill, we continued on to Tourpes for a brewery tour and then headed on to Brussels. Our hotel in Brussels was only a block off of the Grand Place, so once we checked in we headed off to explore the Grand Place area. We ended up catching a Christmas music/light show in which lights are projected onto the buildings around the Grand Place set to classical music. Eli really enjoyed it. We then wandered around a Christmas market for few minutes before heading back to the hotel.
The following day we went out to breakfast at a place that my Belgian co-worker had recommended. It happened to be in an area with a lot of chocolatiers, so after breakfast we visited several before settling on buying chocolates from Pierre Marcolini. Yummy! We then pretty much did all of the touristy things there are to do in Brussels. We ate some waffles on the street, visited Manekin Pis, and then took Eli to the park in front of the royal palace so he could play for awhile. When heading out to dinner that evening, we again caught the music/light show at the Grand Place.
At the Grand Place
Eli playing in the mud at the Royal Palace park
Eli visiting Manekin Pis