We kicked off our museum trips in Brussels in the right way by visiting the Belgian Comic Strip Center which to foreigners is probably most easily recognised as the home of Tin Tin and The Smurfs. The French authors Goscinny and Uderzo, creators of Asterix, were also featured briefly here having had some success previously with their series Oumpah-pah, which was published in the Tintin magazine.
We followed this museum visit up with a trip to the Grand Place where our hunger got the best of us and we stopped at an extremely touristy restaurant to dine upon Moules Frites. We kind of regretted this when we ended up with an expensive and average meal as we were too hungry to venture further away from the main area. We eventually corrected this and tracked down a half decent restaurant that served us a much better version of this dish for the same price. Our dessert of chocolate covered strawberries made up for the disappointment though.
The following day we ventured a little out of town to the site of the 1958 Worlds Fair and the Atomium which was built specifically for the fair and is modelled on an iron crystal. The view from the top is rather spectacular as Brussels has very few high rise buildings and you can reputably see as far as Antwerp from the top of the structure.
We also started off our third day in Brussels by visiting Maison Antoine in the Place Jourdan. This place came highly recommended as they do their frites in the Belgian style, twice fried, and the first time in beef fat giving them an extra kick to your arteries. Sitting down at one of the local bars with a cone of frites, several of the many sauces available, and a few beers is a great way to spend lunch.
1 This is stretching the truth, normally I would have had had several more shots by now if I was really at work.
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