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Mannekin Pis
Getting there...!
Continuing where I left off a few weeks ago (Bruxelles, remember?)...
On September 17 we woke up in Bruxelles from spending a night at Hôtel Saint Nicolas, located on Rue des Poulets, a street next to Rue des Bouchers.
We had a nice stay, but not without a bit of confusion...
In the morning, some people were apparently leaving their non-toasted bread in the multi-slice toaster and then running away, and I got accused for filling the toaster with bread, while all I wanted was to get my one toast done.
Later when checking out we decided to leave our luggage in the luggage room while we visited the city some more. We got back to the hotel later to pick up our luggage, a bit in a hurry since we had a train to catch, but meanwhile someone had managed to run away with the luggage room key..., luckily the skeleton key could open the luggage room, whew!
The city was a bit confusing. Streets aren't too easy to understand, and it's easy to go in circles or lose your way. Even though these apparently useful direction posts are found everywhere they don't seem to help much... I mean some point towards no street at all, so I guess you're supposed to try to get across the buildings through the mangled streets towards the shown direction. I guess I should have used my compass!
Nevertheless, we always found our way by asking a few nice people, and even though we didn't always know where we were, we could appreciate many beautiful sights. :)
Last of Bruxelles, but not least, the glorious Mannekin Pis (crazy official site)! :)
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Also check out Japan's own Mannekin Pis, soft drink Dakara's mascot. Click the video tape and you can watch all the funny commercials.
Posted on November 8, 2003 at 01:00 | Tweet
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