Our last European trip (for awhile) had all the makings of a great movie: cool scenery, likable characters, good plot. Our 'movie' would fit into several different genres: - adventure (2 adults, 4 young kids traveling in a place where we don't speak the language);
- action (lots of walking and running after kids and carrying a double stroller up and down many, many stairs);
- drama (we have 4 girls!);
- comedy (Manneken Pis);
- horror (trying to find a path out of the city center to get our young kids away from a huge, loud, rated R gay pride parade that circled us on every side)
- "Rachelle, Rachelle" (what the passport control man called Rachel--very cute)
- "Is that Our Hotel?" (asked about every building we passed on our way to our hotel)
- "Cinderella's Ugly Step-Sister" (what we told the girls a drag queen was)
- "Trapped!!" (what we felt like as we tried to find a place to get away from the parade)
- "Girls and Chocolate" (It's all we--the girls--wanted!)
- "Rain, Rain Go Away" (Saturday's weather, which unfortunately stopped during the long parade)
- "Where's Hannah??" (asked a few times)
- "Where's Emily??" (asked a few more times)
- "Where's Rachel??" (asked several times)
- "I Want to Go Home!" (I think everyone said this!)
But the best title is from Jon--said on the train ride home:
- "We Should Have Gone to Paris"
The Grand Palace (the market place) was nice to hang around: Belgian waffles, a wedding, more Belgian waffles, lace shops and innocent pigeons to chase
.
5 comments:
I like the "Manneken Pis" title! Hilarious! It sounds a bit like a few days we had in Tokyo but we only had 2 little girls--not four! You guys are so great to travel and take advantage of your time there. You are going to get back to the states and not go anywhere!
I'm impressed that Manneken Pis was dressed considering the parade going on.
I love the movie titles! You guys are so funny!
I spent a day in Brussels in the beginning of April. We took Flat Stanley with us. We have a wonderful picture of him with the Menneken Pis. The other tourists look at us like we were nuts taking the picture. In the end, Madeline's teacher wouldn't display it in the hall anyway. I was with my mom, sister, and nephew. Three adults to one toddler made it manageable. My sister and I got great at taking the stroller up and down all the steps. I spent a lot of euros on chocolate but it was well worth it! --Amy Skena
Hi! I hope you don't mind that I leave a message on your blog. BYW, I am also a member of the church. Anyway, we are living in Switzeland. I have to say that is too funny that you were corned by the gay parade too. A few weeks ago we went to Zurich and had the pleasure of getting condoms thrown at my children. It was all I could do to convince them they were not candy and distract them long enough to find them real candy. I didn't know at first it was a gay parade because right now is the soccer championships. That was what I thought they were. It was all we could do to get away. Next time I go into the city I am going to check to see. Sorry you had the experience too.
Post a Comment