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                                BRUSSELS
                                Grand Place - famous square
                                     Hotel de Ville - Town Hall, main tourist office located here
                                     Maison du Roi / Museum of the city of the Brussels
                                                 - contains costumes for Manneken-Pis; closed Mon; Hrs 10:00 - 17:00
                                Manneken-Pis
                                     corner of Rue de l'Etuve and Rue du Chene
                                Rues des Bouchers - touristy street w/restaurants
                                Biscuiterie Dandoy

                                Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts
                                     Jacques-Louis David's Death of Marat; Rubens, Magritte
                                Musee Rene Magritte
                                     closed Mon; Hrs 10:00 - 17:00     
                                Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinee (CBBD) - Comic Strip Museum

                                Parc du Cinquantenaire / Jubelpark
                                         Autoworld - vintage car museum, open Mondays
                                         Milatary Museum
                                         arc de triomphe

                                Atomium
                                   mini-Europe

                                Place Royale 1 Koningsplein 1000 Brussels
                                    10a-5p, closed M

                                Musee Bruxellois de la Gueze - brewery, traditional Gueuze beer (very sour even with the cherry flavor)
                                     8:30a-5 p M-F; 10a-5p Sat' closed Sun

                                Chocolate
                                           Wittamer
                                           Pierre Marcolini
                                           Galler
                                Food
                                     Frites, mussels, scallops
                                     Falstaff restaurant - mussels in wine sauce - Place Jourdan
                                     't Kelderke - traditional Belgian, Flemish beef stew
                                     Cafe Metropole - http://www.metropolehotel.com/dining/cafe-metropole.html
                                     La Fin de Siecle
                                      La Manufacture - http://www.manufacture.be/en   
                                      Maison Antoine - street stand with the best frites
                                     Le Pain Quotidien - the best bakery  8:00-18:00

                                Beer



                                BRUGES
                                1 hr train ride from Brussels

                                Markt
                                - central marketplace

                                Belfort(belfry) - 366 steps

                                Burg - Square

                                Steenhouwersdijk & Groeneri - canals

                                Breidelstraat - street connect Markt to the Burg

                                Stadhuis - town hall

                                Blinde Ezelstraat - Blind Donkey St

                                Begijnhof - enclave of houses 13th century

                                Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk

                                Baslica of the Holy Blood

                                Straffe Hendrik Brewery
                                      tours (April - Oct) 11:00-16:00 (except Saturday closes 17:00), tours qhr; 45 min; Cost: 5,50 E
                                Canal tour

                                Walk


                                Restaurants
                                De Torre
                                't Paardje

                                Chocolate
                                Dumon











                                    
                                   

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