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Adam and me in front of the Atomium. It's a
larger-than-life (at least in the world in which
I live) molecule withescqlqtors connecing the
various atoms and a restaurant in the top.
It was used in the1958 Universal Exhibition.
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This British Beafeater bore a striking resemblance
to someone I know.
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The "King's House" with it's elaborate
neo-Gothic architecture never actually was
occupied by a King and is now a museum.
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The Hotel de Ville is the centerpiece of La Grand Place. Legend on
this building says that the man who designed the
building climbed to the top and jumped to his death
after realizing that he built it with an uneven
number of windows on each side of the spire.
Not so sure about that one.
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And then, of course, there is the quite unique
Belgian monument...the Manneken-Pis.
Yes, the name does give it a way. It is in fact a tiny
'manneken' of a boy taking a...well...you probably guessed it.
Legend has it that he was the son of a very
rich inhabitant of the city long ago that either
got lost or ran away from home. The father so
loved his son that he vowed to make a monument
of him wherever he found him -- doing whatever
he was found doing. Well, just 5 minutes before being found
he could have been doing something great like
saving an onld lady from a crashing meteor...
but as bad-luck would have it for him he was found in the process of relieving
himself in the corner. So now there is a statue
of him doing just that.
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The 'Doctor' is in. Good 'ol Adam Frank with
his continuous joyous smile
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Adam's apartment while on rotation in Brussels
(that's before he got deported to London)
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Patti and her newly aquired fiance, Brian.
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Adam, Rick, Patti, and I outside the Grasshopper bar downtown Brussels.
This isn't the bar we went into that night...and I'm not quite sure
why we took the picture...but here we are.
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Here we were in a park that was aimed primarily
at the clientel of the child-tourist. Yet that
did not stop the very large Adam from fitting
into one of the touristy 'try me on and take
a picture' displays.
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Either the fish in this town are over starved
and therefore incredibly eager...or they are
just way too friendly for their own good.
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This one was probably pretty angry about being
given a frite-fork without the frite.
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