Sunday, September 16, 2012

My second visit to Bruxelles!

 L'atomium! It is a giant scale model of a Ferric (iron) atom! It is accurate and you can go inside of it!



 Eyes closed...











 Hohoho not quite... ;)

 This was the Horta Museum. He was a famous belgian architect that specialized in the "Arte Nouveau" style. Unfortunately, pictures were not allowed inside the museum. How disappointing. 
 But it was really incredible, it was Horta's house, but it had been refurbished and turned into a museum! 


 A nice view of Bruxelles

 A street performer playing Beethoven on a cello... How much cooler can this place get?
 The beautiful city of Bruxelles
 An incredible cathedral
 Haha a tandem horse for my friend Ambar ;)

 The first time I ever saw Mannekinpiis! 



 The bathrooms in the really awesome "pub" we went to!

 The really awesome pub! It is the same as it was in like the 1880's or something like that! 


 A pretty view of the Bruxelles garden by night

 A dumbwaiter inside the restaurant we ate at. The rest of the kitchens are downstairs.


This was a really awesome experience for me! My host parents took me to Bruxelles and we saw all sorts of things, as you can see above! It was my first time seeing Mannekenpiis, and I also bought a belgian flag! It was a really exhausting day, but it was quite awesome! :) Oh, I also went to the Hard Rock Cafe that they just opened on the Grande Place in Septembre! I bought a collectible pin for my Rotary Blazer and a tee-shirt for my buddy Alex! He collects them. Hope he doesn't read this blog before his birthday, but if he does, oh well!

Fête à Chaineux, and Ambar's Birthday!

 The exchange students at Fete à Chaineux! There is an old man in the middle who is like 80 something and goes to all the parties, he is practically famous here!


 From left to right: Nelson, Gabriella, Leah, Ambar, Mariana, Katrina, myself
 Joyeux anniversaire, Ambar! 
 Ambar and the three Annes! The middle is my current host mom, the Anne on the right is my second host mom, and the Anne on the left is my third host mom. 
 ... And yes, in case you were wondering, all the women in Belgium ARE named Anne...

 Les vaches (cows) in my back yard!


 Leah and her host dad at Fête à Chaineux: day 3!

 The awesome tie Leah won for me at the shooting gallery! 



It is strange because all these pictures seem like they are from a year ago, though its only been like 2 and 1/2 or so weeks... I have a few more pics to upload and then I have some more things to write about like school, which started almost 2 weeks ago. But too much has happened for me to remember everything, I will likely leave a few things out, but I will try and get all the important things! Until the next entry!