Category Archives: Belgium

MM 3-41 Reflections

Posted on January 31, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

The theme for Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness Challenge this week is Reflections and I have decided to submit a photo I took from the upper deck of a sightseeing bus  in Brussels while on our 2012 European vacation.

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MM 2-21: Remembering Brussels in 2012

Posted on July 28, 2015 by crowcanyonjournal

We visited five countries on our European vacation in 2012. Belgium was the last of the five and we spent the last two days in that country exploring the city of Brussels. After walking around the Grand Place for awhile … Continue reading →

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Touring Greater Brussels

Posted on September 1, 2013 by crowcanyonjournal

Greater Brussels consists of 19 municipalities. On the first half of our sightseeing bus tour we toured the central portion and the European Quarter of the City of Brussels plus the municipality of Ixelles. For the second half of the … Continue reading →

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The Capital of Europe

Posted on August 29, 2013 by crowcanyonjournal

In 1958 members of the new European Union decided that most of their functions should be performed in one city and Brussels became the ideal choice because of its proximity to Paris, Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Cologne, all of which can … Continue reading →

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Statues Inside the Cathedral in Brussels

Posted on August 23, 2013 by crowcanyonjournal

The religious wars in the Spanish Netherlands during the late 16th and early 17th centuries culminated in the Protestant northern provinces breaking off and forming the Dutch Republic and the Catholic southern provinces in what is now Belgium and Luxembourg … Continue reading →

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The Stained Glass Windows of St Michael and St Gudula

Posted on August 21, 2013 by crowcanyonjournal

The church of St Michael and St Gudula, begun in 1226, was nearing completion three hundred years later when Charles V took over the reigns of the Holy Roman Empire — just in time for the installation of the stained … Continue reading →

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Inside the Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula

Posted on August 16, 2013 by crowcanyonjournal

The majority of the churches we visited in Europe in May of 2012 had their origins with the building of Romanesque structures about a thousand years ago. St Michael and St Gudula was no exception. Count Lambert II founded a … Continue reading →

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Outside the Cathedral in Brussels

Posted on August 3, 2013 by crowcanyonjournal

After visiting the Grand Place (see previous posting) on Monday, May 28, 2012 we walked up the hill in a north-easterly direction and soon found ourselves on the steps of The Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula, informally known … Continue reading →

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The Grand Place and what Louis XIV did to Brussels

Posted on July 14, 2013 by crowcanyonjournal

King Louis XIV was the Sun King to his French subjects and the man who built and lived in the magnificent palace of Versailles to the millions of tourists who visit Paris and its environs. But he was the original … Continue reading →

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A Dog from Nivelles

Posted on June 27, 2013 by crowcanyonjournal

On Monday morning, May 28, 2012 we took a taxi to the Gare de Nivelles to board the next train to Brussels. It was after the commute hours and there were just a few people standing around. And a dog. … Continue reading →

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