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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Brussels by car and driver

A giant model of an iron crystal cell
The Atomium
Brussels World's Fair Expo 58.
        My 12 year-old grandson had chosen to go to Southern Africa (four nations) on Safari. It is a 25 hour flight from San Francisco. As we fly Air France often, we booked a flight to Paris to then catch a flight to Johannesburg. That is two 12+ hour legs.
        I asked my grandson if he could visit another country on the way down (to break up the flight) which one would it be. As his heritage is Flemish, he chose Belgium. From CDG airport we took a train to Brussels for a four day stay. (Went to Amsterdam on the way home.)
           Before we left I contacted a company that provides a car and driver for ten hours to go anywhere in the city you want to go. Grandson made a list. We went from Mini-Europe and the Atomium to the European Union headquarters to lunch at the driver's favorite Belgian Belgian waffle house, and more. We learned a good deal and after our drive we had dinner  at the same waffle house!
        George was our driver and in the end, our friend.

 

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