My Bolivian friends, Fabian, Claodia, Gilmar and Rocio, posing in front of a photo exhibit that displays a famous Bolivian salt lake, the lasrgest in the world. They were so proud to see it in the middle of Bruxelles. They forced me to take their photo with it.

The Atomium Statue in Bruxelles, made for the Bruxelles Worlds Fair and supposedly representing a human chromosome and genetic dominance as a species.
Ah, how art has changed. Personally, I prefer the guy standing on the evil fish.

A peaceful moment in a church in Bruxelles.

So I took a great spontaneous trip to Bruxelles and Brugge, in Belgium for the weekend. It was great. We raced all over the cities for 2 days, trying to see as much as possible and enjoying our last weekend before the official beginning of our classes. This is a photo of the famous Bruxelles Town Hall. The square is beautiful, surrounded by so many old buildings. There was actually someone getting married in here when we were there.
This is an example of how much old and how much new culture exists in Bruxelles. You have buildings that are 400 and 500 years old, and the you get major examples of modernity. This is the European Union building that houses the first EU parliament.

Here is one of Bruxelles oldest parks, tucked in among lots of museums.