Brussels is a very beautiful city. It has an inexpensive subway system that for the most part appears to work on the honor system. When we arrived, we purchased a 3 day pass for 9 euro (much less than what it would cost in London).
The downtown town center is alive with festivals and art and the main square is magnificent, containing buildings dating back to the 1600s and earlier.
Many of the buildings are guild halls built by the different trade families to show off their wealth and skill.
One hall was built by the bread makers, one by the biere brewers, and right next door was the pub where Karl Marx wrote his communist manifesto. The city is ripe with detail and nostalgia.
Nearby is the first covered shopping mall. It is a stunning glass roofed walkway lined with chocolate stores and high end boutiques. It reminded me a little of the covered arcade built in Milan, but without the McDonalds.
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