Manneken Pis – GardeRobe Museum
A Manneken Pis Museum -The GardeRobe If you’ve ever been to Brussels, you’ve probably gone to see Manneken Pis. This iconic statue of a peeing boy is symbolic of Brussels […]
Category Archives: Brussels, Belgium
Bug Bites in Brussels at B34
I’ve been to Brussels so many times that I was sure there was nothing new for me to experience there. And then I read the in-flight magazine on Brussels Airlines, […]
Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait
It seemed strange to walk along a sidewalk in Brussels, Belgium and suddenly see Amy Winehouse’s picture along the wall. Being neither Belgian, nor alive, I wondered what was going […]
Art that Looms Up Out of a Nightmare
As I mentioned during my visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum, I have come to love stumbling upon works of art that stop me in my tracks. It happened again […]
They Might Be Giants
There are two things I immediately associate with the Netherlands: tulips and windmills. Since I was traveling there in summer, I knew I wouldn’t see tulips, but I did want […]
The Hiding Place in Haarlem
If you like reading books about the Holocaust, Corrie ten Boom’s tale of her family’s role in the Dutch Resistance should definitely be added to your reading list. The Hiding […]
I Crawled Up Inside CasAnus
What Is CasAnus? As if my time wandering around the Verbeke Foundation wasn’t strange enough, when the day ended and the museum closed, I was left to spend the night […]
It Was Surreal – Wandering Through the Verbeke Foundation
sur·re·al·ism a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images The Verbeke […]
mim – Music in Brussels
Travelers are advised to ask locals for insight on what restaurants to go to and what to see or do in a particular city. I’ve done this often, usually with […]
The Pis Family
Not surprisingly, Manneken Pis, Belgium’s iconic peeing boy figure, is dressed in red, white and blue in honor of the 4th of July. But his counterparts are still naked — […]
