A touristy weekend

This weekend Steve and I did what the tourists would do in Belgium. The two attractions here are the Grand Place and the Mannequin Pis. The Grand Place is the old historical city center of Brussels. What you see in the square now are the historical buildings and different shops and pubs/restaurants. From my understanding the buildings were part of indoor markets, and also different guilds such as the brewer's (which is now the brewer's museum).
























After the Grand Place we went and saw the Mannequin Pis. Essentially this is a small little statue of a boy peeing. Yep, a boy peeing. It sprays water and everything. I don't really get the whole excitement around the statue, but it's big here. The Belgians' dress it up for different holidays and events. If you Google it, you'll see all sorts of photos of the mannequin dressed up like Santa, Elvis, Cupid, etc. When we went to find it, the boy was dressed up for the paralympics. It had a little jersey on and was sitting in a wheelchair. I'm not sure who dresses it up each day, but they do get creative.

It's a big tourist attraction, walking around the shops you see t-shirts, water fountains and mugs with a peeing boy them. I can only imagine what my parents would say if I brought them t-shirts with the Mannequin Pis on them. 



Of course we enjoyed some more Belgium beers. I had a sample trio of beers, and Steve found another new beer. In Belgium every beer has its own glass. So you will almost never get a beer in a plain glass. I get more enjoyment seeing what the glass will look like than the beer itself. The beer Steve had this particular day looked like a beaker glass and came with a separate wood holder/handle. We weren't sure if the wood piece was suppose to just hold the glass when you weren't drinking it, or if you were suppose to use it as the handle, either way its more fun that getting a beer in a Coor's Light glass.