Marpig & her reflection
Marpig, her bags and their reflectionMarpig am gonna touch on the joys of backpacking!! All right, who said backpacking and staying in hostels is painful, dirty, not secured, not comfortable, cheapskate, etc?! Marpig felt tt the only diff is the way pple view and treat u in the 2 types of accommodation. Bathroom? Nay, not even tt since sm hostels do have en suite bathrooms
Marpig am in-btw, she is afraid of lax security (as always and she don mind paying for increased security) hence she is often wary of really penny cheap hostels cos at the back of her mind is the word "dodgy" However, she doesnt believe tt it is a must to stay in hotels unless on travelling tour packages OR for romantic reasons OR the price diff is peanuts OR boh bian
Anyw, staying in decent hostels is fun and one gets to meet lotsa other pple from all over the world with all sorts of opinions and views on life!! Itz also a gd way of brushing up onez communication skills!! Oh, Marpig will share a bit on the Canadianz and etc views on Singapore during her trip to Italy!! Gosh!! Who would think others think of Singapore like tt?! Wake up call!!
Anyh, herez Marpigz hostel accomo in Brussels!! Itz really great and clean and everyth is near perfect. Don mind staying there again!! Oh, u don need to do yr bed which xplains the mess. Then again, ttz one of the way to tell other pple "I have nth xpensive for u to steal" hahahahaha
And oh, dont 4get bout Marpigz theory of potential energy (xplained ages ago in 1 of the bloggie entry whilst Marpig was still doing her masters)
The communal dining room cum free internet stations. Kitchen is thru the door where the red stand-up lamp is . Travelling with Marpig is the best too bcos... hehehehehe u will noe later!! 
Marpigz 8 or 10-bed dorm!! As mentioned, the mess are deliberate. Notice him in the pic too!! Come to think of it... travelling with him is not all tt bad... just boring and doesnt make Marpig felt xtra taken care orf... duh.
:P All Marpig needs are fd, her trusty bag full of "gold bars" and mobile charger!!
Close up of Koropok!! Yup, it is bought in Brussels and are in erm... Dutch? Finnish? Watever, the lang of Brusselians
It is a REAL FIREPLACE in the entrance to the hostel!! (No joke, this hostel is like a 3 star hotel!!) Xmas tree and fireplace with a greenish elf :D
Takeaway? Instant microwave food? Nope. U r right!! Bingo!! Marpig cooked spaghetti (with crabsticks and sausages) for him and her (3 of us)!! Being a born prodigy in makan and cooking, Marpig didnt take long to come up with smth as easy as tt!! Brilliant and tasty!! Imagine, therez enough for the trio to have 2nd helpings and hey, how much more xpensive it would be if the trio were to have tt in a rest?! Haw haw haw!!
Anyh, whilst in Brussels, these little cutie wahffle (not spelling mistake; pronounce as itz spelt pls) vans are the best!! Ah~~~ can still rem the taste of the wahffles... *yum yum*
Marpig am always fascinated by the Xmas markets!! Always full of hot fd and wines tt warms 1 inside out. Therez also interesting pple and bric-a-bracks which 1 don get to see in shopping centres. Shall visit Xmas markets all over Europe!! Therez this website tt list (most) European Xmas markets!! Visit http://www.christmasmarkets.com/ Really hope to visit Xmas town in Finland!! Sexy Lady, we must plan smth there ya? We could climb sm icy mountains too!! :D Don 4get yr 3 yr plan!!
Smtimes, it is necc to stoop as low as 1 could to...
get ths in pictures!!
Grand Place...
Grote Market... Essentially, as mentioned in Brussels Part 1, be it Grote Market or Grand Place, they meant the same th, just in diff lang. So, itz another World Heritage place which Marpig could tick off her list!!
We all love details and hence, Marpig wont leave w/o taking sm detail carvings on the facades of the buildings in Grand Place!! Poor working babies... Wonder wat was it trying to advocate at tt time... 
Smtimes Marpig wonder how do pple in the olden daes manage to carve these sort of details and rounded shapes to near perfection... obviously, it takes yrs to find and Marpig (& many of u) wouldnt noe the trade
Most of the time, whilst travelling, pple tend to retire to the hotels (or hostels) once night set in, but, inspired by Marpigz new-found travelling mad fren cum colleague, she takes both dae AND night shots of places!! Hence, the trio went to Grote Market in the night to soak up the atmosphere!! Much like Sentosaz musical fountain, this is musical Grote Market!!As with all humans and countries, therez always the black sheep(s) Being the head1/4 of the EU,
(inset pic is the EU office in Brussels) Marpig am sad to say tt the walkway in Bruxelles Centraal (Brussels Central train station) smells stinkingly of fresh and fermented urine!! 
Pooh!! Gosh!! One cant walk w/o having to cover the nose and mouth OMG!!
The next place tt Marpig and frens went was St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral. Marpig nearly could not find this church if itz not for the timely church bells ringing in the air miles away!!
The entrance... 
Once again, close up of the details on the entrance
The altar inside... so beautiful!! (the angle which the pic is taken :P)
Along the nave of the cathedral. Notice the statues of the 12 apostles. Mr Calendar, Marpig didnt do any photo editing for all her pics umk!! :D Prefer to capture the REAL th at tt moment!!
Been to lotsa churches, cathedrals and all stain glasses depict scenes of bible or coronation of kings at tt time... really great to just sit in the churches or cathedrals to admire all the arts but time is always not on our sides...Then, Marpig visited Parc du Cinquantenaire aka Jubilee Park!!
The entire place is huge as 1 can see from the pic and it is in fact a horse-shoe shaped. The park houses 3 museums; an automobile museum which needs to pay to visit, hence Marpig and frens did not go, the other is an arts museum which Marpig am not too keen and the last one is a military museums which is free (and also the loo) so Marpig and frens went in. But, we went in one by one bcos one cant bring a bag in unless one pays to deposit the bag :P Oh, it is here tt Marpig saw the cutie little wahffles van again and had a wahffle!! :D_
The famous Cinquantenaire Arch in the park (note tt the flag in the middle is the flag tt Marpig had on Brussels Part 1!!) The military museum is on the right
Gosh, this is one of those out of the place pic bcos Marpig couldnt rem which building was it taken... hence, am standing by the red door thinking... :PNext up is Heysel where the Atomium is!! Have no idea wat is inside but Marpig believes it is like science museums...
Notice the colour of the sky in the 2 pics. Because she wanted to take proper night shot of the Atomium, Marpig and frens waited till the sun really went down :DSpeaking of sun set and night shots, herez smth taken at sun set...
Wonder where did Marpig took such a pic of the entire Brussel city with the reflection? See the next pic and guess!!
Yup!! The reflection is made from the railings!! And, Marpig and frens were on the top level of a carpark!! Mentioned in other parts of Brussel entries bout this free and best place to take pics of Brussels city? This is it!! And being pic-mad, Marpig and frens (not him though) went up the carpark twice; once in the dae and once in the evening!!
This was taken on top of the carpark in the dae. If one was to blow up the pic, one will see the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the left, the white, tall and sharp tower in Grote Market smwhere to the left of middle and Atomium on the rightFinally *whew*, is Brussels famous 60cm peeing Mannekin Pis
Everydae, lotsa pple came just to see him, with ever changing clothes according to seasons and events, peeing. He is so well-known and enjoyed so much fame tt souvenior shops sell him peeing in all sizes!!
The story goes where a little boy became a hero after he peed on smth and avoided a disaster or smth in tt line. Cant rem the story since therez smth more interesting than this peeing boyHas any1 thought of why is there a peeing boy but no peeing gal? Well, here comes the truth. There IS a peeing gal who is supposedly to be Mannekin Pisz sister called Jeannekin Pis. But strangely, she wasnt well-received by pple and consequently, proving not profitable, the poor peeing gal was relocated and locked up by the back alleys of the rest street in Brussels (where Marpig had her moules and frites) Not alot of pple actually noe of her xistence or where to find her!! Gosh, so Marpig am here to uncover smth worth noeing!!
Why is the treatment different for J. Pis and M. Pis? Hmmm... the reality is always cruel. There goes J. Pis, peeing in a locked up corner with no recgonition watsoever *shakes head*Anyw, finally finished the part bout Brussels... don really wanna do Antwerp but still, itz to round the Dec trip up completely!!
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