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Then There Was Brussels

by Ali Cahill

Here are a collection of pictures taken over the week in Brussels, Louvren and Gent.

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Day 1 :: Sunday, March 25, 2007

The Cira Center of Brussels. The design is modeled after the EU flag.

Down the Boulevard du Jardin Botanique

Passage du Nord, a shopping mall that continues outside

The Eternal Flame, commemorating the Belgian constitution:

Pretty church:

Day 2 :: Monday, March 26, 2007

Le Grote Markt:

Sidestreets and alleyways:

Day 3 :: Tuesday, March 27, 2007

The subway!

Group photo with our German MEP:

A very special boat:

Palais de Berlaymont:

Inside the Parlement Européen:

A building in Parc Leopold:

Day 4 :: Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Aroma!

Inside the Consilium:

Day 5 :: Thursday, March 29, 2007

Louvren!

The Stradhuis and church! Too big to fit in a single picture.

Interior of the church:

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven campus:

Day 6 :: Friday, March 30, 2007

Gent, right off the train:

After a long monorail ride:

Beautiful river that runs through the city:

Statue, surrounded during the day by a massive flea market: