Brussels

When we got off the subway in Brussels, we saw this cathedral.  It's called Cathedrale Saints Michel et Gudule.  Beautiful.

There were pictures on the wall of King Felipe and Queen Mathilde on their wedding day.

The kids thought this statue was so fun.

There's a really pretty walk on the way to the Grand Palace that is just one chocolate shop after another.  

We picked our lunch spot based on how good their Belgian waffles looked.

Then we were off to see the palace.

After that we headed toward Planet Chocolate.  This chocolate sculpture in the window is the Grand Palce and behind it is a chocolate sculpture of "little Julian"--a famous fountain in Brussels.

They were doing a chocolate making class in the back of the store.

Emory loved the white chocolate.

Afterwards, we caught a bus and headed toward the EU headquarters.

We toured the Parliamentarium--the EU Parliament museum.  As soon as we walked in, they gave all five of us earpieces so that the tour would be in our language and scanners so that we could read along.  

The kids were given scanners that they used to access the info at their level.  Then they filled out a booklet based on what they learned about the EU and if they got enough questions right, they won a prize.  

Rather than listening to the tour, Ken pretended hers was a cellphone The. Entire. Time.  

While Baylor and Emory were running around trying to get their books completed, Kennedy was all "hey girl!  Yeah...yeah...I know...hmmm.  Okay.  Gotta go.  Love ya.  Bye girl."  "Oh!!!  Got another call...hold on y'all..."