Monday, June 1, 2009

Jour/ Dag 5 - Brussels



+ Ever been inside an iron crystal? :D Well, I have today, so I can tell you that it's hot (no AC) and a bit like you would imagine the insides of a spaceship.

Ok ok, the solution to the riddle - the Atomium, built for the Expo in 1958 in the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. The whole thing was (similar to the Eiffel Tower) supposed to remain there for just six months but well, it's 51 years now.


+ 27 countries in three hours - woohoo!! Try and beat that ;-). Mini-Europe makes it possible. You find miniature buildings and places from all 27 EU-nations on a scale of 1:25, starting with the building of the European Commission in Brussels itself. In the park, I saw some (real) ducks and dragonflies - now imagine the freakishly giant animals if these are 1:25 as well...


2 comments:

talldarkman said...

that's better :D

And, i think you should do a sequel of your trip..with all those excellent photography skills and publish it on the net.

It will be a useful guide for all the people who want to visit Belgium, and what to see.

talldarkman

saltyfish said...

To those people, I recommend one of the numerous guides that already exist :D