Brussels, Belgium - August 22, 2006

Brussels: Day 2.

Photos from my last day in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. More culinary delights on display, as well as the famous "Pissing Boy Statue," the Royal Palace and an old hang-out of Karl Marx's: La Maison du Cygne.

Brussels, Belgium - August 21, 2006

The white sepulchral city of The Heart of Darkness, at least as it was according to Joseph Conrad. Brussels was supposed to be a simple (and short) pitstop on the way to Amsterdam but the Belgian capital ended up having a lot more in store for me than I could have ever imagined. Maybe it was the beer, fries (as in French but invented in Belgium), waffles or chocolates but whatever it was, it extended by stay from an afternoon to two days. See below for some of the aforementioned delights and a view of the historic city centre.

Brussels: Day 1.

Atlantic Coast - August 20, 2006

With Brugge slipping into the rearview mirror Henri and I returned to Lille for the night. On our way, we stopped at the beach on this cool Summer evening in the south of Belgium near the French border and the city of Dunkirk (famous, at least to me, because of the story of the evacuation by British civilian ships at much peril of the British army after it became surrounded by the Germans).

Mostly trying to capture light and clouds (save for the middle few below), these pictures are perhaps a bit contentless for most people but serve as a nice finish to the man-made scenery of Brugge.