Long drive for waffles.

There are many reasons to visit Bruxelles: the Belgians are a very nice group of people, the city is a great combination of liveliness and intimacy, the European Commission is there…but most of all it is for the waffles:

Yes I have a crap eating grin on my face, and you would too if you were about to devour one of the finest treats know to man! You might think I am joking, but you would be very wrong. These waffles are not from this world.

Anyway, another great part of Bruxelles some of you might know about or remember from my first visit is the Manneken Pis. This statue of a little boy peeing is an odd combination of mild disappointment (it is really quite small) and popularity. He is all over postcards, t-shirts, corkscrews (think about it), and other countless crappy souvenirs. He even gets to be dressed up quite frequently in one of 100’s of costumes donated over the years. This weekend he was celebrating the recent Chinese New Year:

While this little guy is quite famous, most do not know he has a little sister, Jeanneke Pis. Of course she is the victim of severe gender discrimination as she is nowhere to be found on souvenirs and it even took asking multiple people for directions just to track her down in some dead end alley where you would not find her unless you were looking. Well we were looking and we got to see her in all her naked glory:


Really, is there anything better than a statue of a little girl peeing? Well, besides a little boy peeing of course.

But honestly the main reason for the trip was to meet for the first time some of Secil’s friends and to do things like have tea and cake with 2 people who don’t speak English (come on, doesn’t everyone speak English?) It was actually a great weekend and it was fun to visit Bruxelles again with a local tour guide.


Cheers!