Brussels again

Well once again we journey into Brussels, Alice came with me and we started out at an early 9am on a Saturday morning after some sub zero temperatures the night before as we had to scrape frost off her fathers car windows. We went into a balmy 3 degree Brussels from Ottigines and from there to the the Belvue museum thats near the Grand Palace and it goes through the entire history of Belgium. It goes through all the kings, how the actual country was formed as well as how it developed through the Euro zone. The museum itself was very interesting with both real and replica clothing of the kings and helmets from the German occupation during WWII. From there you can see the façade of the Palace royal [very shiny and gold, much like Buckingham palace], its in the same area as the MIM and a few art galleries.
We walked through from there, past a synagogue as well as diverting into a cathedral, to the Brussels justice halls. Which is a massive building, so big that they can't afford to maintain it, so the front is completely covered in scaffolding. Near there we have a monument to the soldiers that died in the world wars as well as a panoramic view of Brussels.
We then went to the mannequin de pis, who had been dressed up in the lead up to Christmas. As well as the Grand Palace and the Grand Place place which includes the museum of chocolate and the Maison du Roi and the markets along with some galleries [like pit street mall]. We had some amazing lunch at a local place called Exki, its all freshly made and most of it's organic. Very good food and here's a link so you can see what the choice was. http://www.exki.be/default/en-be.aspx
From there we went to the comic museum and saw the history of comics in Belgium. We then walked back to the main square, I got some chocolate for people back home and we then had a hot chocolat and chocolat crepes and waffles before heading back to the train station to get back to the eurostar terminal. I didn't like saying good bye to Alice but hopefully she'll be coming out again next year, so I'll get to see her then. Heading back to England was quick, it only took 1.5hrs and I was back at nannies around 7:30pm. So a very good trip and well worth the money spent on the tickets.