Brussels takes the day off.
May. 1st, 2013 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaToday was a bank holiday.
A friend was visiting Brussels on the way back from the Netherlands, so contacted me to see if I was available for a drink. Its a bank holiday so I was. Went to lunch in St. Gery. Lunch took an exceedingly long time. But we got free beer for it.
Friend was interested in the armed forces museum so we went there. Sadly it's a bank holiday so it was closed. Seems pretty crappy to close the place on a bank holiday. Went onwards to the Parliamentarium. That looked more promising. open 7 days a week. Except May 1st. Apparently Belgians don't visit museums and public exhibitions on bank holidays.
Essentially most of the day was spent strolling around Brussels and chatting. Not a terrible way to spend the day but it would have been nice to see things. Oh well. Did visit the obligatory Grand Place and Manneken Pis. And the weather was nice. Also tried out the salon du the near Brussels Midi.
A friend was visiting Brussels on the way back from the Netherlands, so contacted me to see if I was available for a drink. Its a bank holiday so I was. Went to lunch in St. Gery. Lunch took an exceedingly long time. But we got free beer for it.
Friend was interested in the armed forces museum so we went there. Sadly it's a bank holiday so it was closed. Seems pretty crappy to close the place on a bank holiday. Went onwards to the Parliamentarium. That looked more promising. open 7 days a week. Except May 1st. Apparently Belgians don't visit museums and public exhibitions on bank holidays.
Essentially most of the day was spent strolling around Brussels and chatting. Not a terrible way to spend the day but it would have been nice to see things. Oh well. Did visit the obligatory Grand Place and Manneken Pis. And the weather was nice. Also tried out the salon du the near Brussels Midi.
