Our room with a view in Brussels
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Maverick Rover World Travels
Blog Post #92
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
This little bronze (22 1/2 " tall) guy has been here since 1619, stolen several times and now represented by a copy, while the original is in safe keeping in a local museum.
He wears over 200 different costumes throughout the year
As the legend goes, during a local battle this two year old Lord Geoffrey III of Leuven was placed in a basket and hung in an oak tree to protect the troops. He urinated on the Berthout troops who then lost the battle.
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Groté Markt, City Center,
gold everywhere
More city center
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Saturdays are the day for weddings, even in Belgium,
we saw two couples on this Saturday.
this group of women waiting...
as one of the moms came out first...
and then, here is the Happy Couple from the 2nd wedding
with everyone cheering.
Love is Love
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MOMADE bakery,
creations by a guy named Mo.
Why did I take this particular photo?
The story is:
Our grandkids call me MO
since my last name is Mōsser
and often times the "R" in Roger comes out as
"Wágōw"
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Oh my heart, ❤️
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The Atomium
100 meters tall (328 ft)
created for the 1958 Brussels World Fair
meant to represent scientific innovation and world peace
We took the elevator to the top for the best view of Brussels
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Green apple atop the art museum
(ring a bell for you?)
Unfortunately the museum was closed
the day in our schedule that we had allowed to visit.
You may not recognize this man,
Belgian artist René Magritte,
but you may recognize his
surreal art,
Son of the Man
His work (faces all obliterated) is not meant to reveal the world as it is,
but how perception works, how seeing can be a form of blindness.
Reproduction painted on the side of a building
at Metro stop, Rogier, near Belgium Centraal station
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Carmel w/mango or Chocolate w/caramel Pretty to look at,
Yummy to taste,
a perfect send off from Brussels
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🌈View from our window as we left Brugges,
on our way to Brussels🌈
Final travel poem from Belgium:
rainbows
in a world of
places without lush color
rainbows appear
like statues in the night
with the clarity
they deserve
in daylight
do they exist
in the dark
do they have
a pot of gold
do they
double up
somewhere
some place
in time
the world over
sees rainbows
I bend the rainbow
wear it on my head
like a turban
let it be
my aura
while I bend
the rules of life
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especially
during June
Gay Pride month
ramossser ©2020
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Until next time,
Roger and Ron
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