When we were touring Belgium this Summer, my cousins, who also live in Europe, joined us for a couple days. Thomas and I had a great time photographing their cute kids as we toured around, but I’m guessing that unless you’re family, you really don’t want to sit through a post of just those shots. If you want to see them, they’re on my Flickr. They’re really cute.
- Belgium Preview Trip – Part 2 (39 photos)
Traveling with Paperazzi
This is what we looked like most of the time. Unfortunately, in this shot, we were riding on the elevator to check out my cousins’ car which had been broken into early in the day. They were parked just on a regular street, next to a children’s playground, even. It really makes me not too eager about getting a car if we live in Brussels.
Brussels Street
We spent a lot of time walking around the city, checking out average everyday streets, looking in grocery stores, looking for neighborhood parks and pubs, etc. The grocery stores were much smaller than ours here, but they had the main staples we shop for. We were very excited about all of the parks in Brussels – lots of green space. We also stopped by some of the major sights in the city – the Atomium, Grand Place, and then over to Brugge.
Atomium
Grand Place
Brugge
Brugge was a bit touristy, but it was a fun town to visit. We took an hour-long train ride each way, and spent the afternoon there. There were a ton of stores on the main drag, so I got the chance to see what clothing stores look like. They have normal department stores, even H&M which we have here in Atlanta. The big difference I noticed in clothing there was that there aren’t a lot of t-shirts. This may just be a difference from living in the suburbs than a city, but people seemed to dress a little nicer when they went out.
Bicyclette
Overall, Belgium wasn’t looking that terrifying and didn’t look that different to live in. I think the main difference was more of living in a city rather than the suburbs. It will be interesting to live without a car, a Target, and my regular grocery store, but I’m looking forward to it.
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Wow, what a spectacular trip with shots to match.
I love the pictures of the kids! Thanks for posting them.
Don’t worry too much about the safety of your car – like any town, there are safe areas and not-so-safe areas, but on the whole I’d say Brussels is pretty safe.
Carrefour is probably the closest you’ll find to Target over here.
Great Atomium shot, by the way.
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Cool! It’s so fun exploring through your lens. :)
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