Day 6: On to Brussels via Waterloo.

We left Luxembourg and drove to Waterloo where Napoleon fraught a major battle against a coalition of countries and he lost the battle...as you know.  We studied how the battle took place. Napoleon accomplished a lot in his lifetime. He started out in Italy; became a general at 26; conquered France, Spain and almost all of Europe. After his defeat at Waterloo he was confined to the island of St. Helena.  He died at the age of 52.

"If this is Tuesday, it must be Belgium" (title of an old movie). We drove into Brussels, capitol city of Belgium. This is the home of the European Union (28

Late in the afternoon we had a walking tour which ended in the town square.  What a beautiful town with great buildings and tons of interesting things to photograph.  You are not allowed to leave Brussels without touching the statue of Everard t'Sercales, a 14 Centry hero, for luck. We also took pictures of the world famous statue of Pis. (This you have to see to believe).  We finished the evening at a restaurant with a typical Belgium dinner which we finished with a Belgium waffle.

Could have been a similar picture to Custers Last Stand. (At Waterloo)

Palace of the Belgium King.

European Union Headquarters.

Famous statue of Manneken Pis.

member countries); NATO and the World Bank. We took pictures of the palace of the Belgium King, Philippe.  He was in residence but he did not send for us.